H.R. 1909 · 119th Congress

Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 6, 2025 by Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1). 23 cosponsors, 19 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 6, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 6, 2025
Cosponsors
23
19 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Earl L. "Buddy" CarterR-GA-1Sponsor

Democrats · 19

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY6 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. BCBSM, Inc.6 reports
    $176K reported (all issues)
  4. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.6 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  5. American Academy of Pediatrics5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$442.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  7. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association5 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  8. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.5 reports
    $630K reported (all issues)
  9. March of Dimes5 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  10. HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.4 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  11. The Nemours Foundation - a Florida not-for-profit Corporation4 reports
    $894.1K reported (all issues)
  12. American Federation of Teachers3 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  13. American Heart Association3 reports
    $930K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs3 reports
    $19K reported (all issues)
  15. CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES3 reports
    $533.2K reported (all issues)
  16. General Federation of Women's Clubs3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  17. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners3 reports
    $72K reported (all issues)
  18. National League for Nursing3 reports
    $85.5K reported (all issues)
  19. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  20. Nemours Children's Health2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  21. Susan B Anthony List2 reports
    $850K reported (all issues)
  22. American Medical Association1 report
    $8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  23. Assn. of State and Territorial Health Officials1 report
    $46.5K reported (all issues)
  24. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses1 report
  25. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN1 report
    $266K reported (all issues)
  26. CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $120K reported (all issues)
  27. CONFERENCE OF PROVINCIALS OF NORTH AMERICA1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  28. Families USA Foundation, Inc.1 report
    $19K reported (all issues)
  29. HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  30. The Nemours Foundation1 report
    $45K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.