A resolution recognizing the week of April 11 through April 17, 2021, as "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.
Latest action · Apr 13, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1900)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 13, 2021
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution recognizes the opportunity for Black Maternal Health Week to raise national awareness of the state of Black maternal health in the United States.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 13, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Apr 13, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 13, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 13, 2021Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1900)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1883Text printed S1900 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Apr 13, 2021 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution recognizing the week of April 11 through April 17, 2021, as "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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Air quality
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Community life and organization
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Economic development
- Environmental health
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health personnel
- Housing supply and affordability
- Human rights
- Minority health
- Nutrition and diet
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex and reproductive health
- Violent crime
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2021Introduced in Senate
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