[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-175. A resolution adopted by the General Assembly of 
     the State of New Jersey urging the United States Congress and 
     the President of the United States to enact legislation 
     prohibiting airlines from counting breast milk or breast 
     pumps against the airline's carry-on limit and prohibiting 
     airlines from restricting passengers from carrying breast 
     milk onto the aircraft; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

                      Assembly Resolution No. 244

       Whereas, More than 80 percent of mothers breastfeed their 
     infants during the first six months of the child's life; and
       Whereas, No matter what they are doing or where they are, 
     breastfeeding mothers need to express milk every few hours in 
     order to keep up their milk supply and to prevent infection 
     known as mastitis; and
       Whereas, On October 5, 2018, the President of the United 
     States signed into law a five-year reauthorization of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, which included language that 
     requires airports to provide lactation rooms that are 
     accessible to the public; and
       Whereas, In spite of this federal law and laws in all 50 
     states that specifically allow breastfeeding in any public or 
     private location, breastfeeding mothers have continued to 
     face barriers, even harassment, when breastfeeding or 
     attempting to breastfeed in public places; and
       Whereas, The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 
     permits breast pumps and breast milk for infants or toddlers 
     in reasonable quantities to pass through the security 
     checkpoint in airports; and
       Whereas, TSA also permits ice packs, freezer packs, frozen 
     gel packs, and other accessories required to cool breast milk 
     to pass through the security checkpoint in airports; and
       Whereas, In spite of these TSA policies, some airlines 
     still prevent passengers from carrying breast milk onto 
     aircraft or prevent breastfeeding mothers from carrying 
     breast pumps onto aircraft by counting breast pumps against 
     the airline's carry-on limits; and
       Whereas, There is no federal law that prohibits an airline 
     from counting breast milk or breast pumps against the 
     airline's carry-on limit or restricting passengers from 
     carrying breast milk onto aircraft; and
       Whereas, These airline policies create barriers for parents 
     to feed infants and toddlers while traveling and create 
     health risks for breastfeeding mothers who are prevented from 
     expressing milk for extended periods of time while traveling; 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New 
     Jersey:
       1. This House urges the President and the Congress of the 
     United States to enact a law prohibiting an airline from 
     counting breast milk or breast pumps against the airline's 
     carry-on limit or restricting passengers from carrying breast 
     milk onto aircraft.
       2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary 
     of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General 
     Assembly to the President of the United States, the President 
     of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States 
     House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders 
     of the United States Senate and United States House of 
     Representatives, and each member of the United States 
     Congress elected from this State.
       POM-176. A resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors 
     of the City and County of San Francisco, California, urging 
     the United States Congress to enact H.R. 763 The Energy and 
     Carbon Dividend Act of 2019; to the Committee on Finance.
       POM-177. A resolution adopted by the Common Council of 
     Hammond, Indiana, supporting the Deferred Action for 
     Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Dream Act; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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