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IBUnion Calendar No. 150117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5551[Report No. 117–209]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOctober 12, 2021Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Butterfield, and Mr. Hudson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceDecember 8, 2021Additional sponsor: Mr. CrowDecember 8, 2021Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 12, 2021A BILLTo amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Improving the Health of Children Act.

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Reauthorization of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Section 317C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–4) is amended—(1)by striking subsection (a)(4) and inserting the following:(4)

Specific programs

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center, shall continue to carry out programs related to—(A)early identification of developmental delay and disability; (B)birth defects;(C)folic acid;(D)cerebral palsy;(E)intellectual disabilities;(F)child development;(G)newborn screening;(H)autism;(I)fragile X syndrome;(J)fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and other conditions related to prenatal substance use;(K)pediatric genetic disorders;(L)neuromuscular diseases;(M)congenital heart defects;(N)attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder;(O)stillbirth;(P)Tourette Syndrome; or(Q)any other relevant disease, disability, disorder, or condition, as determined the Secretary.;(2)in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Not later than February 1 and all that follows through 2 fiscal years— and inserting the following: The Secretary shall submit biennially to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report that—; and (3)in subsection (f), by striking such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007 and inserting $186,010,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

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Effects of folic acid in prevention of birth defects

Section 317J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–11) is amended by striking subsection (e) (relating to authorization of appropriations).

December 8, 2021Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed