H.R. 3694: Helping Families Fly Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-11 · 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 2019-07-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] · 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

Helping Families Fly Act of 2019

Plain summary

Helping Families Fly Act of 2019 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement training for its frontline personnel regarding the screening of pregnant women and families with young children at passenger screening checkpoints, including (1) information related the use of advanced imaging technology on pregnant women, as well as opt-out and alternative screening procedures; and (2) guidelines and procedures for efficiently and respectfully screening pregnant women and families with young children. The TSA must also create a strategy for communicating procedures and guidelines to pregnant women and families with young children, including through social media, and its customer service call center; make passenger support specialists available to assist such women and families with screening checkpoint information; and assess the feasibility of developing dedicated screening lanes for such families.

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Official text

Helping Families Fly Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] · 12 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3694, Helping Families Fly Act of 2019 (2019-08-29)

Cosponsors on this site

J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3694.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3694 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116