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This law updates airport security rules for breast milk, baby formula, and related items so they are handled more carefully and in a cleaner way during screening. The Transportation Security Administration must issue or update guidance on how to reduce the chance that these items get contaminated when they need extra screening or re-screening. The rules also apply to private security companies that do airport screening. In addition, the Homeland Security inspector general must review whether the new requirements are being followed and report on how screening tools affect these items and how often travelers are turned away with them.
- The TSA must create or update hygiene guidance within 90 days of the law taking effect, and then every five years if needed.
- The guidance must be made with help from recognized maternal health organizations.
- The rules cover breast milk, baby formula, purified water for infants, juice, and cooling items such as ice packs, freezer packs, and frozen gel packs.
- Within one year, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general must audit compliance and report on screening technology effects and how often these items are denied entry into secure airport areas.
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
[119th Congress Public Law 41]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[[Page 139 STAT. 663]]
Public Law 119-41
119th Congress
An Act
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. <<NOTE: Nov. 25, 2025 - [S. 260]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Bottles and
Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 49 USC 40101 note.>> 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 <<NOTE: 49 USC 44901 note.>> amended by adding at the end
the following new sections:
``SEC. 3. <<NOTE: Deadline. Time
period. Update. Guidance.>> 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) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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. <<NOTE: Reports. Audit.>> 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
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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).''.
Approved November 25, 2025.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 260 (H.R. 820):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-197 (Comm. on Homeland Security) accompanying
H.R. 820.
SENATE REPORTS: No. 119-19 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
May 14, considered and passed Senate.
Nov. 17, considered and passed House.
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