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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY28, 2025
Mr. S
WALWELL(for himself, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mrs. LUNA, Mr.
C
ARSON, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GARBARINO,
Mr. G
RIJALVA, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. KENNEDYof New York, Mrs.
M
CIVER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THANEDAR, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
A BILL
To amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screen-
ing 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bottles and 2
Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. HYGIENIC HANDLING OF BREAST MILK AND BABY 4
FORMULA DURING AVIATION SECURITY 5
SCREENING. 6
The Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening 7
Act (Public Law 114–293) is amended by adding at the 8
end the following new sections: 9
‘‘SEC. 3. HYGIENIC HANDLING OF BREAST MILK AND BABY 10
FORMULA DURING AVIATION SECURITY 11
SCREENING. 12
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-13
ment of this section and every five years thereafter, if ap-14
propriate, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-15
rity Administration shall issue or update, as the case may 16
be, guidance to minimize the risk for contamination of any 17
breast milk, baby formula, purified deionized water for in-18
fants, and juice (as well as ice packs, freezer packs, frozen 19
gel packs and other accessories required to cool breast 20
milk, baby formula, and juice) that is subject to re-screen-21
ing or otherwise subject to additional screening. Such 22
guidance shall— 23
‘‘(1) be developed in consultation with nation-24
ally recognized maternal health organizations; 25
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‘‘(2) ensure adherence to hygienic standards, as 1
established by the Administrator, in consultation 2
with nationally recognized maternal health organiza-3
tions; 4
‘‘(3) ensure that, when any such re-screening or 5
additional screening requires additional testing, such 6
testing so adheres to such standards, to so minimize 7
such risk; and 8
‘‘(4) apply to security screening personnel of 9
the Administration and personnel of private security 10
companies providing security screening pursuant to 11
section 44920 of title 49, United States Code. 12
‘‘SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT. 13
‘‘Not later than one year after the date of the enact-14
ment of this section, the Inspector General of the Depart-15
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 16
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 17
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-18
tation of the Senate a report containing an audit of com-19
pliance with the requirements of sections 2 and 3. Such 20
audit shall also include information relating to the effect 21
of various types of screening technologies, including bot-22
tled liquid scanners, on the screening of breast milk, baby 23
formula, purified deionized water for infants, and juice (as 24
well as ice packs, freezer packs, frozen gel packs and other 25
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accessories required to cool breast milk, baby formula, and 1
juice) that is subject to re-screening or otherwise subject 2
to additional screening, and the rate at which such items 3
are denied entry into the sterile area (as such term is de-4
fined in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regu-5
lations).’’. 6
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