Official Summaries

Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration to issue or update guidance to minimize the risk for contamination of breast milk, baby formula, purified deionized water for infants, juice, and related products that are subject to re-screening or additional screening, including by ensuring adherence to hygienic standards. Related products include ice packs, freezer packs, frozen gel packs, and other accessories required to cool breast milk, baby formula, and juice.

In addition, the bill directs the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to audit compliance with these requirements and submit a report to Congress.

Current Full Text

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

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 161
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 820

                          [Report No. 119-197]

   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

                             July 10, 2025

Additional sponsors: Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
   Magaziner, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Correa, Ms. Pou, Mr. 
         Latimer, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Underwood, and Mr. Gottheimer

                             July 10, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


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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).''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 161

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 820

                          [Report No. 119-197]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 10, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed