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<dc:title>114 HR 5147 EH: Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">114th CONGRESS</congress> <session display="yes">2d Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. R. 5147</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">To amend title 40, United States Code, to require restrooms in public buildings to be equipped with baby changing facilities.</official-title> 
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<section id="H4780925F8E9648868A57F8B61F7629F5" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act</short-title></quote> or <quote><short-title>BABIES Act</short-title></quote>. </text></section> <section id="H49B0317F44F84092814A7C20E1098802"><enum>2.</enum><header>Baby changing facilities in restrooms in public buildings</header> <subsection id="H1EB7D3395BFF4632AEBD81077E7E5E06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/33">Chapter 33</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H47BEE055F4BD4DD7B3AE709AED1A7E11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 3314, 3315, and 3316 as sections 3315, 3316, and 3317, respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D6BA48826DE42769C3ECBE7F0432574"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 3313 the following new section:</text> 
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<section id="H6D8CA8DD6EAE4838A2CA2EAA52F3FE39"><enum>3314.</enum><header>Baby changing facilities in restrooms</header> 
<subsection id="HB9D853B3BEFA44BD8244BA9217FC3D20"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional requirement for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of public buildings</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to any reasonable accommodations that may be made for individuals in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>) restrooms in a public building shall be equipped with baby changing facilities that the Administrator determines are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H118F6B246EDE41B7BB31070F04BF3C06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The requirement under subsection (a) shall not apply—</text> 
<paragraph id="H4F484D03D8AD43ECAE9D5DB47E203E35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a restroom in a public building that is not available or accessible for public use; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5299395ADAD4868BEE38F9FA84282BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to a restroom in a public building that contains clear and conspicuous signage indicating where a restroom with a baby changing table is located on the same floor of such public building; </text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H361933E5C4D343888BB01E5D4D8FA4A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if new construction would be required to install a baby changing facility in the public building and the cost of such construction is unfeasible; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C2F64B0B5F24CDFA1A73E9476876658"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to a building not subject to an alteration as set forth in section 3307.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HBC2833D71A53485B8072709DA969A9DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H0CEB5C2F50AE4831A1613EA1270530AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Baby changing facility</header><text>The term <quote>baby changing facility</quote> means a table or other device suitable for changing the diaper of a child age 3 or under.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H1E04B4D9FC9F4868B470CA27E73E164F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pubic building</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>public building</quote> means a public building as defined in section 3301 and controlled by the Public Building Service of the General Services Administration.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8F8A984EC51475985F55765A1FD95EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by striking the items relating to sections 3314, 3315, and 3316 and inserting the following:</text> 
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<toc-entry level="section">3314. Baby changing facilities in restrooms.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry level="section">3315. Delegation.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry level="section">3316. Report to Congress.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry level="section">3317. Certain authority not affected.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HC3760174B8594EF8A565C53224480FA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The requirement under section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall apply in the case of a public building constructed, altered, or acquired by the Administrator of General Services on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, beginning on that date.</text></subsection></section> </legis-body> <attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20160920" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 2016.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Karen L. Haas,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation> <endorsement display="yes"></endorsement> </bill> 

