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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5147 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5147

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that male and female 
     restrooms in public buildings be equipped with baby changing 
                              facilities.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2016

  Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. 
  DeLauro, Mr. Farr, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Jackson 
 Lee, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of 
  New York, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Polis, and Mr. Ryan of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that male and female 
     restrooms in public buildings be equipped with baby changing 
                              facilities.

    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 ``Bathrooms Accessible in Every 
Situation (BABIES) Act.''

SEC. 2. BABY CHANGING FACILITIES IN MALE AND FEMALE RESTROOMS IN PUBLIC 
              BUILDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 3314, 3315, and 3316 as 
        sections 3315, 3316, and 3317, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 3313 the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 3314. Baby changing facilities in male and female restrooms
    ``(a) Additional Requirement for the Construction, Alteration, and 
Acquisition of Public Buildings.--Except as provided in subsection (b) 
and subject to any reasonable accommodations that may be made for 
individuals in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et. seq.), male and female restrooms in a public building 
shall be equipped with baby changing facilities that the Administrator 
determines are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to--
            ``(1) a restroom in a public building that is not available 
        for public use; or
            ``(2) a restroom in a public building that contains clear 
        and conspicuous signage indicating where a male or female 
        restroom is located within the same section or corridor of such 
        public building.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, the term `baby changing 
facility' means a table or other device suitable for changing the 
diaper of a child age 3 or under.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 3314, 3315, and 3316 and 
inserting the following:

``3314. Baby changing facilities in male and female restrooms.
``3315. Delegation.
``3316. Report to Congress.
``3317. Certain authority not affected.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall 
apply--
            (1) in the case of a public building constructed, altered, 
        or acquired by the Administrator of General Services on or 
        after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 
        of this section, beginning on that date; and
            (2) in the case of a public building not described in 
        paragraph (1), beginning on the date that is 2 years after the 
        date of the enactment of this section.
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