Sec. 122. Mothers’ rooms at airports
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Section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: lactation area means a room or other location in a commercial service airport that— provides a location for members of the public to express breast milk that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from the public; has a door that can be locked; includes a place to sit, a table or other flat surface, a sink or sanitizing equipment, and an electrical outlet; is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and is not located in a restroom. . Section 47107(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph
(20)by striking and at the end; in paragraph
(21)by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: with respect to a medium or large hub airport, the airport owner or operator will maintain a lactation area in each passenger terminal building of the airport in the sterile area (as defined in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) of the building and will maintain a baby changing table in one men’s and one women’s restroom in each passenger terminal building of the airport. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)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. The requirement in the amendment made by paragraph
(1)that a lactation area be located in the sterile area of a passenger terminal building shall not apply with respect to a project grant application for a period of time, determined by the Secretary of Transportation, if the Secretary determines that construction or maintenance activities make it impracticable or unsafe for the lactation area to be located in the sterile area of the building. Section 47119(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 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. . On application by an airport sponsor, the Secretary may determine that a lactation area in existence on the date of enactment of this Act complies with the requirement of section 47107(a)(22) of title 49, United States Code, as added by this section, notwithstanding the absence of one of the facilities or characteristics referred to in the definition of the term lactation area in section 47102 of such title, as added by this section.