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H.R. 1212: Kira Johnson Act

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H.R. 1212: Kira Johnson Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-23 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] · 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.

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Official title

Kira Johnson Act

Plain summary

Kira Johnson Act This bill establishes grants to improve maternal health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups and other underserved populations. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants for community-based programs to improve maternal health outcomes for Black pregnant and postpartum individuals, as well as individuals in other underserved groups; training for health care providers and others who work in maternity care settings on reducing and preventing racism, bias, and discrimination; and respectful maternity care compliance programs in specified health care facilities. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must study issues related to the training programs, and the Government Accountability Office must study issues related to the compliance programs.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Kira Johnson Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] · 43 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Nikema Williams (D-GA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Troy A. Carter (D-LA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] reported raising $483,375 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1212 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117