I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3334 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2009 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Center for Health Statistics, to allocate such sums as may be necessary for the collection of statistics from enhanced birth certificates.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Enhanced Birth Certificate Research Act of 2009.

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Collection of statistics from enhanced birth certificates

Subsection (n) of section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4)Of the amount appropriated for the Center each fiscal year, the Secretary, acting through the Center, shall use such funds as may be necessary to collect statistics from enhanced birth certificates. In carrying out the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall give priority to collecting statistics on infant mortality. .