# 119-sres-429: A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month", raising awareness of infant mortality, and increasing efforts to reduce infant mortality.

119-sres-429, A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month", raising awareness of infant mortality, and increasing efforts to reduce infant mortality., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS); status passed_senate (as of 2026-06-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-429
- Congress: 119
- Title: A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month", raising awareness of infant mortality, and increasing efforts to reduce infant mortality.
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-18

## Summary

**Reducing infant mortality** by raising public awareness and supporting community-based care. The resolution designates September 2025 as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month and promotes education about leading causes such as preterm birth and low birth weight. It notes the U.S. rate of 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births and a ranking of 33rd among 38 OECD countries. It highlights higher rates in African American, Native American, Alaska Native, Latino, Asian, Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander communities and in areas with poverty or limited access to care. It endorses outreach, home visitation, care coordination, health education, interconceptional care, and paternal involvement, cites federal efforts like the Newborn Supply Kit, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, the Healthy Start program, and the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, and urges partnerships with schools and States and public observances.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-2465: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-2872: Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025
- 119-s-2709: Telehealth Modernization Act

## Sources
- [119-sres-429 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/429)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-2465: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriati…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2465)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1874)
- [119-s-2872: Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2872)
- [119-s-2709: Telehealth Modernization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2709)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-429 (as of 2026-06-18).