S 260
Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
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Bill overview
This bill updates the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to improve the handling of breast milk, baby formula, and related products during airport security screenings. It requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to issue updated guidance on hygienic standards for these items, ensuring they are handled carefully to prevent contamination. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General will conduct an audit to assess compliance with these new guidelines and evaluate the impact of screening technologies.
Key provisions
- The TSA must issue or update guidance on hygienic handling of breast milk, baby formula, and related products.
- Guidance development requires consultation with maternal health organizations.
- Guidance must ensure adherence to hygienic standards.
- The guidance applies to TSA personnel and private security companies.
- The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General will audit compliance.
- The audit will assess the impact of screening technologies on these products.
- The audit will track the rate at which these items are denied entry.
Who is affected
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- Private security companies providing airport screening
- Parents and caregivers of infants
- Healthcare providers
- The Department of Homeland Security
Notable changes
- Requires updated guidance from the TSA on handling breast milk and formula.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 260
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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.
This Act may be cited as the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
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The Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act (Public Law 114–293) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections:
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—
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).