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[S. 260 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.260

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five


                                 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.

    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).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.