I have received many requests for copies of the legislative materials that  
Senator Harkin has authored. Please e-mail me directly if you want copies as I  
cannot send attachments to Lactnet posts. I should mention that these pieces 
of  legislation are parts of a much larger bill. Senator Harkin also plans to  
combine just the 4 breastfeeding pieces into a separate stand-alone bill to  
help move the breastfeeding agenda along. Some of you have asked about whether 
 the bills are intended to legislate aspects of the Code. These bills were 
not  designed to directly address Code issues, but the bill that pertains to  
aspects of the labeling of infant formula and the bill pertaining to the Baby  
Friendly Hospital Initiative certainly contain pieces that are relevant. 
 
The Code in the US will be covered in depth during a 2 day Code  training 
workshop that NABA REAL is conducting July 1-2 in Washington, DC, just  prior to 
the La Leche League International conference. These bills will of  course be 
discussed. If you are interested, please contact me for more  information on 
registering or financially supporting this Code improvement  effort.
 
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA

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