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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3694 

To require the Transportation Security Administration to implement training 

for frontline Administration personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women and families with young children at passenger screening 

checkpoints, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2019 

Mrs. LESKO (for herself and Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To require the Transportation Security Administration to 

implement training for frontline Administration personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women and 

families with young children at passenger screening 

checkpoints, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Families Fly 

5 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRAINING REQUIRED. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

4 develop and implement training for frontline Administra5 tion personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women 

6 and families with young children at passenger screening 

7 checkpoints. Such training shall include the following: 

8 (1) Information relating to concerns of preg9 nant women relating to the use of Advanced Imag10 ing Technology and appropriate opt-out procedures 

11 and alternative screening procedures. 

12 (2) Guidelines to assist pregnant women and 

13 families traveling with young children effectively and 

14 efficiently complete the screening process in a man15 ner that is respectful and improves the overall func16 tioning of the screening checkpoint. 

17 (3) Communication and procedural guidelines 

18 for frontline Administration personnel to assist with 

19 passenger divestiture for pregnant women and fami20 lies traveling with young children to improve the ef21 fectiveness and overall passenger experience at the 

22 screening checkpoint. 

23 (b) COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY.—In conjunction 

24 with the implementation of the training required under 

25 subsection (a), the Administrator shall develop and imple26 ment a communications strategy for pregnant women and 


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1 families traveling with young children to inform such 

2 women and families of the procedures and guidelines de3 scribed in such subsection, including providing informa4 tion to relevant passengers through social media, the Ad5 ministration’s public website, the Administration’s cus6 tomer service call center, and partnerships with aviation 

7 stakeholders, including air carriers and airport operators. 

8 (c) PASSENGER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.—In carrying 

9 out subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator shall, to 

10 the extent possible, make available passenger support spe11 cialists, upon request, to pregnant women and families 

12 traveling with young children to assist with screening 

13 checkpoint information, concerns, and procedures. 

14 (d) TSA FAMILY LANES FEASIBILITY ASSESS15 MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en16 actment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct a fea17 sibility assessment to determine whether screening proc18 esses and the screening experience may be improved for 

19 travelers by developing optional, dedicated screening lanes 

20 for families traveling with young children at airports 

21 where the checkpoint configuration would allow and where 

22 the overall functioning of the checkpoint would not be in23 hibited in terms of passenger throughput or security effec24 tiveness. 


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1 (e) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

2 days after the implementation of the training required 

3 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall brief the ap4 propriate congressional committees on progress regarding 

5 the implementation of this Act and improvements made 

6 to the screening process for pregnant women and families 

7 traveling with young children. 

8 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra10 tion’’ means the Transportation Security Adminis11 tration. 

12 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis13 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor14 tation Security Administration. 

15 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu18 rity of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

20 the Senate. 

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