Overview
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the program at Reagan National alongside HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Farmer’s Fridge CEO Luke Saunders and two social media influencers.
- Suggested projects include upgraded nursing rooms, family screening lanes, children’s play areas, exercise equipment or mini‑gyms, sensory rooms, and healthier concession options such as grab‑and‑go vendors.
- Duffy said application guidelines are intentionally broad and invited airports to propose their own ideas for improving the passenger experience.
- Pressed on high concession prices, Duffy said he has no plan to lower costs and characterized the effort as expanding access to healthier choices.
- The rollout featured a public pull‑up contest that drew online criticism, and some coverage noted the $1 billion was previously authorized by Congress.