US Congress House Bill 2029 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-9)
Status: Introduced on May 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and implement a birth defects prevention and public awareness program, which includes: (1) a nationwide media campaign to increase awareness among health care providers and at-risk populations about pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; (2) grants for the provision of, or campaigns to increase awareness about, pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; and (3) grants for the conduct or support of surveillance of or research on maternal exposures and maternal health conditions that may influence the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal exposures that may influence health risks to a breastfed infant, or of networking to facilitate such surveillance or research.

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-05-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E979-981)
2011-05-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB1131 (Related) 2011-05-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2474 (Related) 2012-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2029/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2029/BILLS-112hr2029ih.pdf