[1] The law requires changing tables in all publicly accessible, federal buildings.
[2] The BABIES Act requires at least one baby-changing station available on each floor of every publicly accessible federal building.
Baby-changing facilities must be approved by the General Services Administration as safe and sanitary.
The only exceptions provided in the act are: (1) non-public restrooms, (2) restrooms with signage directing users to a changing table on the same floor, (3) buildings which would require new construction that is "unfeasible" in order to install a station, (4) and buildings for which alterations would be prohibited.
[3] According to the law's sponsors and media reports, there were two main goals for passing the law: providing sanitary and safe conditions for children who would otherwise be changed on countertops, floors, or other locations; and ensuring parity in changing facilities for men and women.