In the Senate of the United States, 

November 20, 2014. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 669) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Public 

Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help 

better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected 

sudden death in early life.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sudden Unexpected 

3 Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONTINUING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STILLBIRTH, 

5 SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH AND 

6 SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN CHILD7 HOOD. 

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

9 Human Services shall continue activities related to still 
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1 birth, sudden unexpected infant death, and sudden unex2 plained death in childhood, including, as appropriate— 

3 (1) collecting information, such as socio-demo4 graphic, death scene investigation, clinical history, 

5 and autopsy information, on stillbirth, sudden unex6 pected infant death, and sudden unexplained death in 

7 childhood through the utilization of existing surveil8 lance systems and collaborating with States to im9 prove the quality, consistency, and collection of such 

10 data; 

11 (2) disseminating information to educate the 

12 public, health care providers, and other stakeholders 

13 on stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death and sud14 den unexplained death in childhood; and 

15 (3) collaborating with the Attorney General, 

16 State and local departments of health, and other ex17 perts, as appropriate, to provide consistent informa18 tion for medical examiners and coroners, law enforce19 ment personnel, and health care providers related to 

20 death scene investigations and autopsies for sudden 

21 unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained 

22 death in childhood, in order to improve the quality 

23 and consistency of the data collected at such death 

24 scenes and to promote consistent reporting on the 
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1 cause of death after autopsy to inform prevention, 

2 intervention, and other activities. 

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

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a re6 port that includes a description of any activities that are 

7 being carried out by agencies within the Department of 

8 Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Dis9 ease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of 

10 Health, related to stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant 

11 death, and sudden unexplained death in childhood, includ12 ing those activities identified under subsection (a). 

13 SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 This Act shall not be construed to increase the amount 

15 of appropriations that are authorized to be appropriated 

16 for any fiscal year. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to improve 

the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early 

life.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 669 

AMENDMENTS