A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month", raising awareness of infant mortality, and increasing efforts to reduce infant mortality.

Reduce infant mortality by designating September 2026 as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month and promoting education and early prenatal care in underserved communities. It notes about 20,000 infant deaths each year, a U.S. rate of 5.5 deaths per 1,000 live births (32nd among OECD), that more than 35 percent of counties are maternity care deserts affecting 2.3 million women and about 150,000 births in 2022, and it encourages community-based services, paternal involvement, and use of programs like HHS's Newborn Supply Kit, newborn screening, the CDC Safe Motherhood Portfolio, and Healthy Start.