Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act
Sponsored By: Representative Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced
Summary
Protecting pregnant people, infants, and perinatal health workers from climate-driven harms. This bill would fund community grants, require climate-focused training in health schools, and create an NIH consortium to study birth-related climate risks and disparities.
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- Families with pregnant people and infants would get direct supports such as air conditioners, weatherization, filtration systems, housing and evacuation help, mental health services, cooling shelters, and targeted cash assistance to reduce climate-linked harms and exposure.
- Health-profession schools and perinatal health workers would receive competitive grants to add climate-risk identification, counseling, mitigation strategies, and training on racial and ethnic disparities into curricula and continuing education.
- Communities, community-based organizations, and researchers would gain competitive, place-based grants prioritized for areas with high heat, poor air quality, elevated maternal mortality, or high social vulnerability, and the NIH consortium would coordinate research priorities and publish annual reports.
*Authorizes $100.0 million for the community grant program and $5.0 million for the education grants for fiscal years 2027–2030.*
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More local help for pregnant families
If enacted, the bill would create a competitive grant program within 180 days to fund up to 10 local consortia for four years. The Secretary would select grantees by 270 days and the program is authorized $100 million for fiscal years 2027–2030. Grants would pay for direct help like air conditioners, home weatherization, air filters, appliances, housing supports, evacuation and transport, and direct financial assistance. Grants would also fund hiring and training perinatal health workers, local monitoring, mitigation projects, and require anti-displacement and disparity plans and annual reporting.
Research and maps for high-risk births
If enacted, NIH would create a Consortium within one year to coordinate research on climate risks to pregnant people and infants and publish annual findings. The CDC Director would have 18 months to publish a Strategy to map high-risk areas using detailed, small-area data and to allow public comment. The Strategy must identify data gaps, monitoring needs, and coordinates with EPA and NOAA. These steps would guide where grants and research are targeted to reduce disparities.
Training and workers for perinatal care
If enacted, the bill would create competitive grants within one year for accredited health-profession schools to add training on climate risks to pregnant people and children under age 3. Grants would require engagement with vulnerable populations and training on disparities, counseling, and bias. The section authorizes $5 million for fiscal years 2027–2030. The bill would also define "perinatal health worker" to include doulas, community health workers, lactation counselors, home visitors, patient navigators, and interpreters.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
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Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
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Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
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Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
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Johnson (GA)
GA • D
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Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
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Ivey
MD • D
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Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
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Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18]
TX • D
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Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
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Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
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Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
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DelBene
WA • D
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Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
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Cohen
TN • D
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Stansbury
NM • D
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Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
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Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
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Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
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Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
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Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
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Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
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Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
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Smith (WA)
WA • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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Wilson (FL)
FL • D
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Jackson (IL)
IL • D
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Conaway
NJ • D
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Scott (VA)
VA • D
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Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
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Craig
MN • D
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Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
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Grijalva
AZ • D
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Carson
IN • D
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McBath
GA • D
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Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
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Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
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Soto
FL • D
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Adams
NC • D
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Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
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Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
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Davis (IL)
IL • D
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Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
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Keating
MA • D
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Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
NY • D
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Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
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Pingree
ME • D
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Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
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Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
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Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
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Thompson (CA)
CA • D
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Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
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Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
IL • D
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Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
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Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
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Barragan
CA • D
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Schakowsky
IL • D
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Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
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McCollum
MN • D
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Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
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Mullin
CA • D
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Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
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Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
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Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
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McClellan
VA • D
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Simon
CA • D
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Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
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