42 U.S.C. § 247b–4f
Research relating to preterm labor and delivery and the care, treatment, and outcomes of preterm and low birthweight infants
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 247b–4f, Research relating to preterm labor and delivery and the care, treatment, and outcomes of preterm and low birthweight infants, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475163
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may, subject to the availability of appropriations—
Not later than 2 years after November 27, 2013, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress reports regarding activities and studies conducted under paragraph (1), including any applicable analyses of preterm birth. Such report shall be posted on the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services..11 So in original.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall review existing tools and measures to ensure that such tools and measures include information related to the known risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- PREEMIE ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- PREEMIE Reauthorization ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018House: 406–3Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026