; build capacity in professionals working with families who experience a sudden death; or support groups for families who have lost a child to sudden unexpected infant death or sudden unexplained death in childhood. (d) Preference In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to applicants that have a proven history of effective direct support services and interventions for sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood and can demonstrate experience through collaborations and partnerships for delivering services described in subsection (c). (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. . 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that additional research is needed to improve the understanding of the epidemiology of sudden unexplained death in childhood. 4. Report to Congress Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that contains, with respect to the preceding 1-year reporting period— (1) information regarding the absolute number and incidence of both sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood, information about such conditions by racial and ethnic groups, information about such conditions by State, aggregate information obtained from death scene investigations and autopsies, and recommendations for reducing the incidence of sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood