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H.R. 2029: Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

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H.R. 2029: Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-26 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

Plain summary

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and implement a birth defects prevention and public awareness program, which includes: (1) a nationwide media campaign to increase awareness among health care providers and at-risk populations about pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; (2) grants for the provision of, or campaigns to increase awareness about, pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; and (3) grants for the conduct or support of surveillance of or research on maternal exposures and maternal health conditions that may influence the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal exposures that may influence health risks to a breastfed infant, or of networking to facilitate such surveillance or research.

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Official text

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · 41 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2029 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112