Uniformed service member and civilian mothers benefit from the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act signed into law with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617).
The PUMP Act requires small but significant changes to existing policies, practices, guidance, and negotiated agreements for civilian mothers who choose to breastfeed their children, and the Coast Guard (CG) is updating policies to provide for accommodations for military nursing mothers as well.
The PUMP Act specifies that: Mothers have a reasonable break time to express breast milk for their nursing child for one year after the child’s birth; and […]
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