[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5811 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5811
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 1, 2020
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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AN ACT
To require the Transportation Security Administration to provide
nursing facilities and paid parental leave for Administration
personnel, 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 ``TSA Personnel Workplace Improvement
Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. NURSING FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PERSONNEL.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration shall ensure that all Administration personnel have
adequate access to facilities designated for use by nursing mothers in
the workplace. Such facilities shall be--
(1) assessed for cleanliness, safety, and accessibility to
personnel duty stations;
(2) free of charge;
(3) located in a place, other than a bathroom, that is
shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and
the public; and
(4) available for personnel to use with a reasonable break
time to express breast milk for a child of such personnel each
time such personnel has a need to express milk.
(b) Duration.--The Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration shall ensure that the availability to Administration
personnel described in subsection (a)(4) is for a period of time equal
to at least one year from the birth of a child of an Administration
employee.
(c) Coordination With Stakeholders.--In carrying out the
requirements in subsection (a), the Administrator of the Transportation
Security Administration shall coordinate with the National Institutes
for Health and the labor organization representing Administration
screening personnel.
(d) Notification.--The Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration shall inform Administration personnel about the
availability under subsection (a) of facilities designed for use by
nursing mothers in the workplace.
SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.
Section 114(n)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``The personnel management'' and inserting
``(A) Consistent with subparagraph (B), the personnel
management''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) The Administrator shall ensure that all
Administration personnel not provided paid parental leave under
subparagraph (B) of section 111(d)(2) (as added by section 7606
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(Public Law 116-92)) are provided at least 12 weeks of such
leave, consistent with the requirements of such
subparagraph.''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 2020.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.