1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act or the MOMMA’s Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Every year, across the United States, 4,000,000 women give birth, about 700 women suffer fatal complications during pregnancy, while giving birth or during the postpartum period, and 70,000 women suffer near-fatal, partum-related complications. (2) The maternal mortality rate is often used as a proxy to measure the overall health of a population. While the infant mortality rate in the United States has reached its lowest point, the risk of death for women in the United States during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period is higher than such risk in many other developed nations. The estimated maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for the 48 contiguous States and Washington, DC, increased from 18.8 percent in 2000 to 23.8 percent in 2014 to 26.6 percent in 2018. This estimated rate is on par with such rate for underdeveloped nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan. (3) International studies estimate the 2015 maternal mortality rate in the United States as 26.4 per 100,000 live births, which is almost twice the 2015 World Health Organization estimation of 14 per 100,000 live births. (4) It is estimated that more than 60 percent of maternal deaths in the United States are preventable. (5) African-American women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth compared to non-Hispanic White women. (6) The findings described in paragraphs (1) through (5) are of major concern to researchers, academics, members of the business community, and providers across the obstetrical continuum represented by organizations such as March of Dimes, the Preeclampsia Foundation, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Black Women’s Health