BABIES Act

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that male and female restrooms in public buildings be equipped with baby changing facilities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act BABIES Act 2. Baby changing facilities in restrooms in public buildings (a) In general Chapter 33 (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: 3314. Baby changing facilities in 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. (b) Exceptions The requirement under subsection (a) shall not apply— (1) to a restroom in a public building that is not available or accessible for public use; (2) to a restroom in a public building that contains clear and conspicuous signage indicating where a restroom with a baby changing table is located on the same floor of such public building; (3) if new construction would be required to install a baby changing facility in the public building and the cost of such construction is unfeasible; or (4) to a building not subject to an alteration as set forth in section 3307. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Baby changing facility The term baby changing facility (2) Pubic building The term public building . (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 restrooms. 3315. Delegation. 3316. Report to Congress. 3317. Certain authority not affected. . (c) Applicability The requirement under section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall apply 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 Act, beginning on that date. Amend the title so as to read: A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to require restrooms in public buildings to be equipped with baby changing facilities. September 20, 2016 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it passed the House on September 21, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation or BABIES Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires restrooms in a public building to be equipped with baby changing facilities that the General Services Administration (GSA) determines are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. &quot;Public building&quot; means a public building controlled by the GSA's Public Building Service. Such requirement shall be subject to any reasonable accommodations that may be made for individuals in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Such requirement shall be inapplicable: to a restroom in a public building that is not available or accessible for public use, to a restroom that contains clear and conspicuous signage indicating where a restroom with a baby changing table is located on the same floor of such building, if new construction would be required to install a baby changing facility in the building and the cost of such construction is unfeasible, or to a building not subject to an alteration for which any appropriations must be approved by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.