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136 STAT. 2347
PUBLIC LAW 117–247—DEC. 20, 2022
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 198 (H.R. 1218):
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117–286 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying
H.R. 1218.
SENATE REPORTS: No. 117–65 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transporta-
tion).
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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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 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.
Deadline.
Time period.
Data Mapping
to Save Moms’
Lives Act.
47 USC 642 note.
Dec. 20, 2022
[S. 198]
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