Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2005
Latest action · May 31, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for breast pumps and other equipment to assist employed mothers to breastfeed or express milk for their children and for consultation services relating to breastfeeding.
Safe and Effective Breast Pumps Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) put into effect a performance standard for breast pumps irrespective of the class to which the breast pumps have been classified under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) issue a compliance policy guide which will assure that women who want to breastfeed a child are given full and complete information respecting breast pumps.
Expands the definition of medical care in the Internal Revenue Code to include qualified breastfeeding equipment and services.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2005 to Jul 28, 2006; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 5, 2005 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | May 10, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | May 10, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | May 23, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 26, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Jun 13, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 12, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Feb 16, 2006 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Feb 16, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jul 28, 2006 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 5, 2005 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 5, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2005 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 5, 2005 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred May 31, 2005 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 31, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- May 23, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- May 5, 2005Introduced in House
- May 5, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E888)
- May 5, 2005Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E888 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | May 5, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers; to provide for a performance standard for breast pumps; and to provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2005
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Safe and Effective Breast Pumps Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Administrative procedure
- Breast feeding
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Costs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Discrimination in employment
- Equipment and supplies
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publications
- Health
- Health education
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Medical supplies
- Mothers
- Sex discrimination
- Standards
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Women
- Women's employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2005Introduced in House
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