1051 -- Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2022, as the fifth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons. | Poliscope

Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2022, as the fifth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons.

1051

117th Congress

Health

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

April 11, 2022

Latest Action

April 18, 2022

Primary Sponsor

Alma S. AdamsDemocratic(NC)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

77pct

7d open

vs 1,532 other HRES bills in the 117th — cohort avg 32d

Summary

This resolution recognizes that Black women are experiencing high, disproportionate rates of maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States and that Black Maternal Health Week is an opportunity to deepen the national conversation about Black maternal health.

Subjects (23)

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Actions (7)

April 18, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

April 12, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

April 12, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

April 12, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

April 11, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

April 11, 2022

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E378-379)

April 11, 2022

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Agriculture Committee	House	Referred to	April 11, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee	House	Referred to	April 11, 2022
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	House	Referred to	April 11, 2022
Veterans' Affairs Committee

Text Versions

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Introduced in House	April 11, 2022	XML

Cosponsors (101)

Name	Party	State
A. Donald McEachin	Democratic	VA
Abigail Davis Spanberger	Democratic	VA
Adam Smith	Democratic	WA

Related Bills (3)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
SRES 590	117th	Identical bill
SRES 153	117th	Related bill
HRES 304	117th	Related bill

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