[119th Congress Public Law 41]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 119-41
119th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Nov. 25, 2025 -  [S. 260]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Bottles and 
Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 49 USC 40101 note.>> 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 <<NOTE: 49 USC 44901 note.>> amended by adding at the end 
the following new sections:
``SEC. 3. <<NOTE: Deadline. Time 
                    period. Update. Guidance.>> 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) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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. <<NOTE: Reports. Audit.>> 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

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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).''.

    Approved November 25, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 260 (H.R. 820):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-197 (Comm. on Homeland Security) accompanying 
H.R. 820.
SENATE REPORTS: No. 119-19 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
            May 14, considered and passed Senate.
            Nov. 17, considered and passed House.

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