TSA must handle breast milk safely at airport security.
S. 260 — Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act · Filed by Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 27, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
The bill tells the TSA and private security companies to handle breast milk and baby formula safely. They must use clean hands and tools at airports. The TSA must write rules within 90 days. Rules must be updated every five years. A government office must check if workers follow these rules within one year.
Who it affects
Parents and nursing mothers who travel by plane with infants gain protection. Security workers at airports must follow new hygiene rules.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say which groups count as maternal health organizations. It does not say what happens if security workers do not follow the rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Jan 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jan 27, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
- Feb 5, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
- May 14, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2933; text: CR S2933)”
- Nov 17, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4688-4689)”
- Nov 17, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Nov 25, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-41”
- Nov 25, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- TSA — The Transportation Security Administration, the government agency that screens people and bags at airports.
- hygiene — Keeping things clean to stop germs and sickness.
- maternal health organizations — Groups that work to keep mothers and babies healthy.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,671 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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