H.R. 2375House115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017

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The Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017 amends federal aviation law to require large and medium hub airports to provide private, accessible lactation rooms in each passenger terminal. The bill defines what a lactation area must include and allows federal grant money to be used for building or installing these spaces. It mainly affects airport operators and traveling parents who need a safe place to pump breast milk.

Key Provisions

Adds a definition of “lactation area” that must be a private, lockable room with seating, a table, an electrical outlet, wheelchair accessibility, and located outside restrooms.
Requires airport owners or operators of large and medium hub airports to maintain a lactation area in each terminal behind the security screening area, as a condition in project grant applications filed two years after the law’s enactment.
Allows the Secretary of Transportation to approve terminal‑development projects that fund the construction or installation of these lactation areas at commercial service airports.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Aviation Subcommittee

May 5, 2017

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Introduced in House

May 4, 2017

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

May 4, 2017

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Aviation Subcommittee

May 5, 2017

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 4, 2017

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2375

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 4, 2017

Mr. Knight (for himself, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mrs. Comstock, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Lipinski, and Mrs. Torres) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017.

Lactation areas in commercial service airports

(a)

Lactation area defined

Section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (28) as paragraphs (11) through (29), respectively; and

(2)

by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:

(10)

lactation area means a room or other location in a commercial service airport that—

(A)

provides a location for members of the public to express breast milk that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from the public;

(B)

has a door that can be locked;

(C)

includes a place to sit, a table or other flat surface, and an electrical outlet;

(D)

is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and

(E)

is not located in a restroom.

(b)

Project grant written assurances for large and medium hub airports

(1)

In general

Section 47107(a) of such title is amended—

(A)

in paragraph (20) by striking and at the end;

(B)

in paragraph (21) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(22)

with respect to a large hub or medium hub airport, the airport owner or operator will maintain a lactation area at each passenger terminal building of the airport behind the airport security screening area.

(2)

Applicability

The amendment made by paragraph (1)(C) shall apply to a project grant application submitted for a fiscal year beginning on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

(c)

Terminal development costs

Section 47119(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

(3)

Lactation areas

In addition to the projects described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may approve a project for terminal development for the construction or installation of a lactation area at a commercial service airport.