> To: Interested Parties > From: Gail Ravnitzky > Legislative Director for Rep. Carolyn Maloney > Date: March 30, 1999 > RE: H.R. 1163, the Breastfeeding Promotion and > Employers' Tax Incentive Act of 1999 > > The first of several bills on breastfeeding has been introduced in Congress. > H.R. 1163, the Breastfeeding Promotion and Employers' Tax Incentive Act of > 1999, was introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) on March 17. > > What the bill does: encourages employers to set up a safe, private, and > sanitary environment for women to express (or pump) breast milk by providing > a tax credit for employers who set up a lactation location, purchase or rent > lactation-related equipment, hire a lactation consultant, or otherwise > promote a lactation-friendly environment. > > For more information about the legislation, visit: > www.house.gov/maloney/breast.htm > Our website includes several fact sheets about lactation (one on health > benefits, one on employer benefits, one on the economics, and one on > breastfeeding on a worldwide scale), state laws, and more. > > For the full text of H.R. 1163: http://www.congress.gov/ > > Status: There are currently 4 bipartisan cosponsors: Connie Morella > (R-MD), Barney Frank (D-MA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), and Jim Moran (D-VA). > The bill was referred to the Ways and Means Committee. If you are wondering > when the bill gets voted on, there is no set date for any further action on > this bill. Its future will depend on the response from Members of Congress. > So, go ahead and let them know about the bill. NOTE: There is no current > bill in the U.S. Senate, so you can also encourage your Senators to > introduce the bill in the U.S. Senate. > > Many of you have asked "How can I help?" Well, here's your chance: This is > how you can really make a difference on this bill: > > If you are an INDIVIDUAL person who is in favor of the bill: You > should contact your own Representative. The best way is by regular mail, > although some offices will respond to other forms (phone, e-mail, etc.). > Either way, it is best to ask for a written response. To contact your > Member of Congress, write to The Honorable _________, U.S. House of > Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515. Or call 202-225-3121 to find out > who your representative is. (Members of Congress who cosponsored lactation > legislation last year often did so because of the constituent letters they > received. Otherwise, a Member of Congress may never learn about the bill.) > > If you are a BUSINESS with a lactation program: You can write a > letter to Rep. Maloney indicating your support for the bill. We'd also like > to know about your program (when it began, why it began, how you believe it > has helped your company, etc.) Please mail to: U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. > Maloney, 2430 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. > > If you are an ORGANIZATION endorsing the legislation: You should > send an endorsement letter to: U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney at: 2430 Rayburn > House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515. You can also send letters to > other Members of Congress encouraging their support for the legislation. > > > > If you would like to be added to or deleted from our e-mail update list, > please contact: [log in to unmask] Please be sure to > include your full e-mail address in the text of the message. NOTE: If you > are receiving this message from someone other than Gail, she cannot delete > your name from the e-mail update list. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html