House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
Official title: To amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to require hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and personnel of private security companies providing security screening, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee actionApr 9, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 820.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 820, Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act” on May 28, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 9, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2025 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61436
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 820, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/820
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-197 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 10, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/197
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 820, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/820
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H408):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 820, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/820
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteThe text of H.R.820 is contained in the text of S.260, which became Public Law 119-41.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 27, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 820, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/820
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
26 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 21 Democrats
5 of 26 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), J. Correa (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), George Latimer (D-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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