Mackenzie, Foushee Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Enhance Air Travel for Families With Younger Kids

Washington, D.C. — This week, Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07) and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) launched the bipartisan Improving Travel for American Families Act — laws geared toward lowering the pressure and trouble of the airport screening course of for households touring with younger kids.

The laws directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to ascertain a pilot program at a minimal of 5 airports to check different screening lanes and approaches particularly designed to raised accommodate households touring with kids age 12 and below. The pilot program would prioritize airports with excessive volumes of household journey and consider methods to enhance the passenger expertise whereas sustaining safety requirements.

“As the father of two young children, I know firsthand that the existing TSA screening process creates an added layer of stress for families already navigating the challenges of travel,” stated Congressman Mackenzie. “Parents must wrestle with strollers, bags, and young children while trying to move through security lines that were not designed with families in mind. The bipartisan Improving Travel for American Families Act takes a commonsense approach to improving the travel experience — helping families move through the process more smoothly while ensuring security remains the top priority.”

“As more families take to the skies each year, we must ensure our airport security systems are prepared to move travelers safely and efficiently through increasingly crowded airports,” stated Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04). “The Improving Travel for American Families Act will allow TSA to pilot more efficient, family focused screening approaches while maintaining rigorous security standards. I’m proud to introduce this bipartisan legislation with Congressman Mackenzie that will reduce delays, improve the passenger experience, and make air travel work better for families.”

The laws builds on TSA’s current “Families on the Fly” initiative by increasing efforts to make airport screening extra manageable and environment friendly for households touring with younger kids. Under the invoice, TSA would consider collaborating airports primarily based on passenger quantity, out there house for enhanced household screening lanes, and staffing capability. TSA would offer Congress with a briefing on the pilot program’s findings inside one 12 months of enactment. 

Bill textual content out there HERE.

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