Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
Latest action · Oct 30, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-190.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2019
- Passed SenateJul 29, 2020
- Passed HouseOct 1, 2020
- To the PresidentOct 20, 2020
- Became lawOct 30, 2020Public Law 116-190
Summary
Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
This bill requires small hub airports to maintain a lactation area for nursing mothers and a baby changing table in at least one men's and one women's restroom in each passenger terminal building of the airport.
Currently, medium and large hub airports must comply with this requirement by FY2021. The bill requires small hub airports to be in compliance by FY2023.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 17, 2019 to Dec 11, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Dec 11, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2019Markup Dec 11, 2019Reported Jun 10, 2020 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2020Signed by President.
- Oct 30, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-190.
- Oct 20, 2020Presented to President.
- Oct 1, 2020Mr. Carbajal moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Oct 1, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5188-5189)
- Oct 1, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2638.
- Oct 1, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5188)
- Oct 1, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 30, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 30, 2020Received in the House.
- Jul 30, 2020Held at the desk.
- Jul 29, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4596-4597; text: CR S4596-4597)
- Jun 10, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-232.
- Jun 10, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479.
- Dec 11, 2019Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Oct 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5188, H5189Text printed H5188 | Carol D. Miller R-WV, Garret Graves R-LA, Salud O. Carbajal D-CA | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4596Text printed S4596 | Rob Portman R-OH | Jul 29, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 19, 2019S. 2638, Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 11, 2019
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3362 | Small Airport Mothers’ Rooms Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 17, 2019 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 49, United State Code, to require small hub airports to construct areas for nursing mothers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jul 29, 2020Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 10, 2020Reported to Senate
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
