United States · Bill · S
S. 1131 (112th)
Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011
Introduced
26 May 2011
Last action
26 May 2011 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
6 December 2025
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 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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Timeline
26 May 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
26 May 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 26 May 2011 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1131
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1131
- us · 112-s-1131 · source updated 6 December 2025