H.R. 3246: Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019

Plain summary

Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to review implementation of requirements regarding screening by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of baby formula, breast milk, purified deionized water for infants, and juice on airlines. Specifically, the review must consider whether the TSA effectively manages consistency of screening protocol applications for formula, breast milk, purified deionized water for infants, and juice; evaluate the need for the TSA to update and revise procedures for such screening; assess whether the TSA effectively tracks passenger complaints related to such screening to monitor trends and identify inconsistencies; evaluate the TSA's communications and information sharing practices for passengers, air carriers, and airports relating to screening protocols for such screening; evaluate the TSA's policies regarding the screening of passengers with nursing products; and make recommendations for improving the TSA's overall screening practices relating to such screening.

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Official text

Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3246, Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019 (2019-08-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Don Bacon (R-NE)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3246.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3246 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116