[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5851]
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  SA 3958. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Menendez, Ms. Harris, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill 
H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:


   report on racial disparities in pregnancy-related mortality rates

       Sec. __. Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention shall submit to Congress a 
     report on racial disparities in pregnancy-related mortality 
     rates, which shall--
       (1) identify the causes of racial disparities in pregnancy-
     related mortality rates in the United States, and why such 
     rates are higher among African American women, Hispanic 
     women, Asian American women, American Indian women, Alaskan 
     Native women, and Native Hawaiian women; and
       (2) make recommendations for reducing--
       (A) racial disparities in pregnancy-related mortality rates 
     in the United States; and
       (B) the overall pregnancy-related mortality rate in the 
     United States.
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