116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend title 49, United State Code, to require small hub airports to construct areas for nursing mothers, and for other purposes.
October 17, 2019
Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To amend title 49, United State Code, to require small hub airports to construct areas for nursing mothers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act”.
Section 47107(w) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking “In fiscal year 2021” and all that follows through “the Secretary of Transportation” and inserting “The Secretary of Transportation”;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking “one men’s and one women’s” and inserting “at least one men’s and at least one women’s”;
(3) by striking paragraph (2)(A) and inserting the following:
“(i) IN GENERAL.—The requirements in paragraph (1) shall only apply to applications submitted by the airport sponsor of—
“(I) a medium or large hub airport in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter; and
“(II) an applicable small hub airport in fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter.
“(ii) APPLICABLE SMALL HUB AIRPORT DEFINED.—In clause (i)(II), the term ‘applicable small hub airport’ means an airport designated as a small hub airport during—
“(I) the 3-year period consisting of 2020, 2021, and 2022; or
“(II) any consecutive 3-year period beginning after 2020.”;
(4) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking “the date of enactment of this Act complies with the requirement in paragraph (1)” and inserting “October 5, 2018, complies with the requirement in paragraph (1)(A)”; and
(5) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking “paragraph (1)” and inserting “paragraph (1)(A)”.