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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3694 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 15, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRAINING REQUIRED. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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

7 develop and implement training for frontline Administra8 tion personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women 

9 and families with young children at passenger screening 

10 checkpoints. Such training shall include the following: 

11 (1) Information relating to concerns of preg12 nant women relating to the use of Advanced Imag13 ing Technology and appropriate opt-out procedures 

14 and alternative screening procedures. 

15 (2) Guidelines to assist pregnant women and 

16 families traveling with young children effectively and 

17 efficiently complete the screening process in a man18 ner that is respectful and improves the overall func19 tioning of the screening checkpoint. 

20 (3) Communication and procedural guidelines 

21 for frontline Administration personnel to assist with 

22 passenger divestiture for pregnant women and fami23 lies traveling with young children to improve the ef24 fectiveness and overall passenger experience at the 

25 screening checkpoint. 


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1 (b) COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY.—In conjunction 

2 with the implementation of the training required under 

3 subsection (a), the Administrator shall develop and imple4 ment a communications strategy for pregnant women and 

5 families traveling with young children to inform such 

6 women and families of the procedures and guidelines de7 scribed in such subsection, including providing informa8 tion to relevant passengers through social media, the Ad9 ministration’s public website, the Administration’s cus10 tomer service call center, and partnerships with aviation 

11 stakeholders, including air carriers and airport operators. 

12 (c) PASSENGER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.—In carrying 

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

14 the extent possible, make available passenger support spe15 cialists, upon request, to pregnant women and families 

16 traveling with young children to assist with screening 

17 checkpoint information, concerns, and procedures. 

18 (d) TSA FAMILY LANES FEASIBILITY ASSESS19 MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en20 actment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct a fea21 sibility assessment to determine whether screening proc22 esses and the screening experience may be improved for 

23 travelers by developing optional, dedicated screening lanes 

24 for families traveling with young children at airports 

25 where the checkpoint configuration would allow and where 


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1 the overall functioning of the checkpoint would not be in2 hibited in terms of passenger throughput or security effec3 tiveness. 

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

5 days after the implementation of the training required 

6 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall brief the ap7 propriate congressional committees on progress regarding 

8 the implementation of this Act and improvements made 

9 to the screening process for pregnant women and families 

10 traveling with young children. 

11 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra13 tion’’ means the Transportation Security Adminis14 tration. 

15 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis16 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor17 tation Security Administration. 

18 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu21 rity of the House of Representatives and the ComVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:58 Oct 15, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3694.RFS H3694

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1 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

2 the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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