This part extends research funding on early birth to 2026 through 2030. It turns a power to set up a working group into a duty, due within 18 months. It also orders a study of premature births, with a report due in 24 months.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6507 in the PDF
What the document says
“is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.”
Subsection (a) of section 6507 amends section 3(e) of the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act, striking fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It also makes a technical correction to section 2 of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018, effective as if included in that Act, changing Section 2 to Section 3.
What the document actually says
“is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.”
That sentence, in plain words
Cross out one set of years. Write in the years 2026 through 2030.
What this is about
A preterm birth is one that comes too early. The research looks at why it happens and how such babies fare. This funds it for five more years.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6507 in the PDF
What the document says
“``Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the”
Subsection (b) of section 6507 amends section 5(a) of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018. It replaces the words letting the Secretary of Health and Human Services establish the working group with words requiring the Secretary, in collaboration with other departments as appropriate, to establish it no later than 18 months after this Act was enacted.
What the document actually says
“``Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the”
That sentence, in plain words
The clock starts on the day this law passed. The work must be done within 18 months of that day.
What this is about
The older law said the health chief may set up a group. Now it says the chief must. A deadline goes with it.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human Services, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineHow: statuteSec. 6507 in the PDF
What the document says
“not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, convene a committee of experts in maternal health to study premature births in the United States; and”
Subsection (c) of section 6507 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a committee of maternal health experts to be convened within 30 days of enactment, to study premature births in the United States.
What the document actually says
“not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, convene a committee of experts in maternal health to study premature births in the United States; and”
That sentence, in plain words
Within 30 days of the day this law passed, bring together a group of experts. They study early births in this country.
What this is about
The group is set up through a national body of scientists and doctors. Thirty days is a short clock. The study itself takes longer.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineHow: statuteSec. 6507 in the PDF
What the document says
“not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, transmit such report to--”
The National Academies must approve a report on the study by consensus, include an assessment of the listed topics, the required analysis and the raw data used, and send it within 24 months of enactment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Senate Committees on Finance and on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What the document actually says
“not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, transmit such report to--”
That sentence, in plain words
Within 24 months of the day this law passed, the report must go to the people listed next.
What this is about
The group must agree on the report as a whole. It must also hand over the raw data behind it. That lets others check the work.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineHow: statuteSec. 6507 in the PDF
What the document says
“The financial costs of premature birth to society, including--”
The report must assess the financial costs of premature birth to society, including intensive care stays and their long-term costs to society and families after discharge and health care costs such as medications, therapeutic services, copayments and specialty equipment. It must assess the factors that affect preterm birth rates and the chances for earlier detection of risk. It must also analyze research strategies to bring at-risk pregnancies to term, best practices from state and other programs, and precision medicine and preventive approaches starting early in life.
What the document actually says
“The financial costs of premature birth to society, including--”
That sentence, in plain words
The report must set out what early birth costs society. The list that follows says what to count.
What this is about
A baby born too early may need weeks of intensive care. Costs go on after the family goes home. The report must also look at what causes early birth.
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The main things the section does: reset the research funding years, make a technical correction to a 2018 Act, change may establish to shall establish for the interagency working group and set an 18 month deadline, and require a National Academies study with its convening deadline, its report deadline and recipients, its assessment topics and its required analysis.
The assessment topics and the analysis items listed one by one. Both are recorded in summary.
The section amends the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act and the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018. Neither is indexed here.
