HR 117 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

NEWBORN Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Steve Cohen D-TN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act

This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to support pilot programs that address infant mortality. Specifically, grants must be awarded to local and tribal health departments in areas with the highest rates of infant mortality to establish pilot programs that address specified issues, including birth defects, premature births, and sudden infant death syndrome.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2019 to Dec 4, 2019, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalJan 3, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJan 3, 2019
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalJan 3, 2019
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House

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