Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 820 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 820

   To amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to
 require hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security
 screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and
 personnel of private security companies providing security screening,
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2025

 Mr. Swalwell (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Ms. Pettersen, Mrs. Luna, Mr.
   Carson, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Garbarino, Mr.
  Grijalva, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mrs. McIver, Ms.
  Norton, Mr. Thanedar, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill;
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

   To amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to
 require hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security
 screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and
 personnel of private security companies providing security screening,
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment
Screening Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. HYGIENIC HANDLING OF BREAST MILK AND BABY FORMULA DURING
              AVIATION SECURITY SCREENING.

    The Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act (Public Law
114-293) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections:

``SEC. 3. HYGIENIC HANDLING OF BREAST MILK AND BABY FORMULA DURING
              AVIATION SECURITY SCREENING.

    ``Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
section and every five years thereafter, if appropriate, the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall issue
or update, as the case may be, guidance to minimize the risk for
contamination of any breast milk, baby formula, purified deionized
water for infants, and juice (as well as ice packs, freezer packs,
frozen gel packs and other accessories required to cool breast milk,
baby formula, and juice) that is subject to re-screening or otherwise
subject to additional screening. Such guidance shall--
            ``(1) be developed in consultation with nationally
        recognized maternal health organizations;
            ``(2) ensure adherence to hygienic standards, as
        established by the Administrator, in consultation with
        nationally recognized maternal health organizations;
            ``(3) ensure that, when any such re-screening or additional
        screening requires additional testing, such testing so adheres
        to such standards, to so minimize such risk; and
            ``(4) apply to security screening personnel of the
        Administration and personnel of private security companies
        providing security screening pursuant to section 44920 of title
        49, United States Code.

``SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report containing an audit of compliance
with the requirements of sections 2 and 3. Such audit shall also
include information relating to the effect of various types of
screening technologies, including bottled liquid scanners, on the
screening of breast milk, baby formula, purified deionized water for
infants, and juice (as well as ice packs, freezer packs, frozen gel
packs and other accessories required to cool breast milk, baby formula,
and juice) that is subject to re-screening or otherwise subject to
additional screening, and the rate at which such items are denied entry
into the sterile area (as such term is defined in section 1540.5 of
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations).''.
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