[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





     BOTTLES AND BREASTFEEDING EQUIPMENT SCREENING ENHANCEMENT ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 474, S. 1570.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1570) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1570) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1570

       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).''.

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