[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. ESHOO:
        H.R. 541.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, the General 
     Welfare Clause.
       The PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, to expand research, 
     education and intervention activities related to preterm 
     birth. This legislation will specifically help reduce preterm 
     birth, prevent newborn death and disability caused by 
     premature birth, and expand research into the causes of 
     preterm birth. In addition, it will promote the development, 
     availability, and uses of evidence-based standards of care 
     for pregnant women. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation 
     will reauthorize the legislation signed into law in December 
     2006.