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Requires the Transportation Security Administration to issue and periodically update guidance that keeps breast milk, baby formula, infant water, juice, and cooling packs hygienic when they are rescreened at airport security, and directs the Homeland Security Inspector General to audit compliance.
Official title: Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
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House
Received
15-MAY-2025
Passed
17-NOV-2025
Senate
Introduced
27-JAN-2025
Referred
27-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
05-FEB-2025
Reported
06-MAY-2025
On the calendar
06-MAY-2025
Passed
14-MAY-2025
President
Presented
25-NOV-2025
Signed
25-NOV-2025
Became law
25-NOV-2025
- Requires TSA to issue guidance within 90 days of enactment and update it every five years, if appropriate, to minimize contamination risk for breast milk, baby formula, infant water, juice, and cooling packs that are rescreened or subjected to additional screening
- Requires the guidance to be developed with nationally recognized maternal health organizations and to set hygienic standards for screening and any additional testing
- Applies the guidance to TSA screening personnel and to private companies providing screening under 49 U.S.C. 44920
- Requires the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General to report within one year on compliance and on how screening technologies, including bottled liquid scanners, affect the rate at which these items are denied entry into the sterile area
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (27-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 14-MAY-2025).
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2 Republicans
1 Democrat