[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4743-S4744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2421. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Boozman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1095. PREEMIE REAUTHORIZATION ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2024''.
       (b) Research Relating to Preterm Labor and Delivery and the 
     Care, Treatment, and Outcomes of Preterm and Low Birthweight 
     Infants.--
       (1) In general.--Section 3(e) of the Prematurity Research 
     Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-4f(e)) is amended by striking ``fiscal 
     years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2024 
     through 2028''.
       (2) Technical correction.--Effective as if included in the 
     enactment of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public 
     Law 115-328), section 2 of such Act is amended, in the matter 
     preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``Section 2'' and 
     inserting ``Section 3''.
       (c) Interagency Working Group.--Section 5(a) of the PREEMIE 
     Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-328) is amended 
     by striking ``The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
     collaboration with other departments, as appropriate, may 
     establish'' and inserting ``Not later than 18 months after 
     the date of the enactment of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act 
     of 2024, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
     collaboration with other departments, as appropriate, shall 
     establish''.
       (d) Study on Preterm Births.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the National 
     Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which 
     the National Academies shall--
       (A) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, convene a committee of experts in maternal health 
     to study premature births in the United States; and
       (B) upon completion of the study under subparagraph (A)--
       (i) approve by consensus a report on the results of such 
     study;
       (ii) include in such report--

       (I) an assessment of each of the topics listed in paragraph 
     (2);
       (II) the analysis required by paragraph (3); and
       (III) the raw data used to develop such report; and

       (iii) not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, transmit such report to--

       (I) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
       (II) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (III) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.

       (2) Assessment topics.--The topics listed in this paragraph 
     are each of the following:
       (A) The financial costs of premature birth to society, 
     including--
       (i) an analysis of stays in neonatal intensive care units 
     and the cost of such stays;
       (ii) long-term costs of stays in such units to society and 
     the family involved post-discharge; and
       (iii) health care costs for families post-discharge from 
     such units (such as medications, therapeutic services, co-
     payments for visits, and specialty equipment).
       (B) The factors that impact preterm birth rates.
       (C) Opportunities for earlier detection of premature birth 
     risk factors, including--
       (i) opportunities to improve maternal and infant health; 
     and
       (ii) opportunities for public health programs to provide 
     support and resources for parents in-hospital, in non-
     hospital settings, and post-discharge.
       (3) Analysis.--The analysis required by this paragraph is 
     an analysis of--
       (A) targeted research strategies to develop effective 
     drugs, treatments, or interventions to bring at-risk 
     pregnancies to term;
       (B) State and other programs' best practices with respect 
     to reducing premature birth rates; and
       (C) precision medicine and preventative care approaches 
     starting early in the life course (including during 
     pregnancy) with a focus on behavioral and biological 
     influences on premature birth, child health, and the 
     trajectory of such approaches into adulthood.
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