S 778
Passed a chamber
Requires every Department of Veterans Affairs medical center to have a private lactation space where women veterans and members of the public can express breast milk.
Official title: Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
12-NOV-2025
Senate
Introduced
27-FEB-2025
Referred
27-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
30-JUL-2025
Reported
22-OCT-2025
On the calendar
22-OCT-2025
Passed
09-NOV-2025
- Adds section 1720M to title 38 of the U.S. Code, requiring a lactation space in each VA medical center.
- Defines a lactation space as a hygienic place other than a bathroom that is shielded from view, free from intrusion, accessible to wheelchair users, has a chair and a working surface, is easy to find, and is marked with signage.
- Sets deadlines of two years for at least 80 percent of medical centers to comply and three years for all of them.
- Requires annual reports to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees listing which centers have lactation spaces and which do not, with a timeline for those that lack one.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (27-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 09-NOV-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
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