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Union Calendar No. 150 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3694 

[Report No. 116–192] 

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 

AUGUST 30, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BACON, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

ZELDIN, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. 

PHILLIPS

AUGUST 30, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRAINING REQUIRED. 

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

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

9 develop and implement training for frontline Administra10 tion personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women 

11 and families with young children at passenger screening 

12 checkpoints. Such training shall include the following: 

13 (1) Information relating to concerns of preg14 nant women relating to the use of Advanced Imag15 ing Technology and appropriate opt-out procedures 

16 and alternative screening procedures. 

17 (2) Guidelines to assist pregnant women and 

18 families traveling with young children effectively and 

19 efficiently complete the screening process in a man20 ner that is respectful and improves the overall func21 tioning of the screening checkpoint. 

22 (3) Communication and procedural guidelines 

23 for frontline Administration personnel to assist with 

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1 fectiveness and overall passenger experience at the 

2 screening checkpoint. 

3 (b) COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY.—In conjunction 

4 with the implementation of the training required under 

5 subsection (a), the Administrator shall develop and imple6 ment a communications strategy for pregnant women and 

7 families traveling with young children to inform such 

8 women and families of the procedures and guidelines de9 scribed in such subsection, including providing informa10 tion to relevant passengers through social media, the Ad11 ministration’s public website, the Administration’s cus12 tomer service call center, and partnerships with aviation 

13 stakeholders, including air carriers and airport operators. 

14 (c) PASSENGER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.—In carrying 

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

16 the extent possible, make available passenger support spe17 cialists, upon request, to pregnant women and families 

18 traveling with young children to assist with screening 

19 checkpoint information, concerns, and procedures. 

20 (d) TSA FAMILY LANES FEASIBILITY ASSESS21 MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en22 actment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct a fea23 sibility assessment to determine whether screening proc24 esses and the screening experience may be improved for 

25 travelers by developing optional, dedicated screening lanes 


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1 for families traveling with young children at airports 

2 where the checkpoint configuration would allow and where 

3 the overall functioning of the checkpoint would not be in4 hibited in terms of passenger throughput or security effec5 tiveness. 

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

7 days after the implementation of the training required 

8 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall brief the ap9 propriate congressional committees on progress regarding 

10 the implementation of this Act and improvements made 

11 to the screening process for pregnant women and families 

12 traveling with young children. 

13 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra15 tion’’ means the Transportation Security Adminis16 tration. 

17 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis18 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor19 tation Security Administration. 

20 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com22 mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu23 rity of the House of Representatives and the Com24 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

25 the Senate. 


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Union Calendar No. 150 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3694 

[Report No. 116–192] 

A BILL 

To require the Transportation Security Administraother purposes. dren at passenger screening checkpoints, and for pregnant women and families with young chil- tration personnel regarding the screening of tion to implement training for frontline AdminisAUGUST 30, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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