PUBLIC LAW 113–236—DEC. 18, 2014 128 STAT. 2831 

Public Law 113–236 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness 

about unexpected sudden death in early life. 

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 ‘‘Sudden Unexpected Death Data 

Enhancement and Awareness Act’’. 

SEC. 2. CONTINUING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STILLBIRTH, SUDDEN 

UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH AND SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED 

DEATH IN CHILDHOOD. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

shall continue activities related to still birth, sudden unexpected 

infant death, and sudden unexplained death in childhood, including, 

as appropriate— 

(1) collecting information, such as socio-demographic, death 

scene investigation, clinical history, and autopsy information, 

on stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death, and sudden unexplained death in childhood through the utilization of existing 

surveillance systems and collaborating with States to improve 

the quality, consistency, and collection of such data; 

(2) disseminating information to educate the public, health 

care providers, and other stakeholders on stillbirth, sudden 

unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood; and 

(3) collaborating with the Attorney General, State and local 

departments of health, and other experts, as appropriate, to 

provide consistent information for medical examiners and coroners, law enforcement personnel, and health care providers 

related to death scene investigations and autopsies for sudden 

unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood, in order to improve the quality and consistency of the 

data collected at such death scenes and to promote consistent 

reporting on the cause of death after autopsy to inform prevention, intervention, and other activities. 

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services shall submit to Congress a report that includes a description of any activities that are being carried out by agencies within 

the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes 

of Health, related to stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death, 

42 USC 300c–13. 

Sudden 

Unexpected 

Death Data 

Enhancement 

and Awareness 

Act. 

42 USC 201 note. 

Dec. 18, 2014 

[H.R. 669] 


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128 STAT. 2832 PUBLIC LAW 113–236—DEC. 18, 2014 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 669: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–557 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

Sept. 9, considered and passed House. 

Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

Dec. 3, House concurred in Senate amendments. 

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and sudden unexplained death in childhood, including those activities identified under subsection (a). 

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

This Act shall not be construed to increase the amount of 

appropriations that are authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal 

year. 

Approved December 18, 2014. 


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