[117th Congress Public Law 247]
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Public Law 117-247
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on 
 maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps. <<NOTE: Dec. 
                         20, 2022 -  [S. 198]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Data Mapping to 
Save Moms' Lives Act. 47 USC 642 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives 
Act''.
SEC. 2. MAPPING BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY AND MATERNAL HEALTH 
                    OUTCOMES.

    (a) Incorporation of Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal 
Morbidity Data.--Not later than 180 days <<NOTE: Deadline. Time 
period.>>  after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission shall incorporate publicly available data on 
maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, including for not less 
than 1 year postpartum, into the Mapping Broadband Health in America 
platform of the Commission.

    (b) Consultation With CDC.--The Federal Communications Commission 
shall consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention regarding the maternal mortality and severe maternal 
morbidity data that should be incorporated under subsection (a).

    Approved December 20, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 198 (H.R. 1218):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117-286 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying 
H.R. 1218.
SENATE REPORTS: No. 117-65 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Mar. 2, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 5, considered in House.
            Dec. 6, prior proceedings vacated; considered and passed 
                House, amended.
            Dec. 13, Senate concurred in House amendment.

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