Yesterday Senator Tom Harkin  introduced his comprehensive chronic disease 
prevention legislation, the Healthy  Lifestyles and Prevention (HeLP) America 
Act of 2005. This is fairly  wide-ranging legislation that encompasses a number 
of policy areas.  Included in the legislation are several breastfeeding 
promotion  initiatives that Sen Harkin's office discussed with a number of us 
engaged in  breastfeeding advocacy.  
There is no bill number for the  legislation yet, but I am happy to e-mail 
anyone the sections pertaining to  breastfeeding. The following sections are 
relevant to breastfeeding  promotion.   
    *   Section 105 –  Baby  Friendly Hospital  Initiative  
    *   Section 216 – Task  force for the promotion of breastfeeding in the  
workplace  
    *   Section 217 –  Lactation accommodation and breastfeeding promotion at 
 work  
    *   Section 303 – Label  and disclosure requirements for infant formulas 
There is also a short descriptive document that  describes the bill as well 
as a more detailed section by section summary of the  bill. This is very 
exciting and a wonderful addition to the legislation  recently filed by 
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. 
Marsha Walker, RN,  IBCLC 
Weston,  MA

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