; (B) represent a mix of rural and urban settings; (C) have a varied level of existing infrastructure, capacity, and other programmatic initiatives to address obesity prevention in early care and education systems; and (D) possess expertise in early care and education or children’s health and the ability to implement evidence-informed interventions to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and screen time reduction strategies in early care and education settings for children ages birth through 5 years, including strategies targeted to addressing the needs of children ages birth through 2 years and strategies to engage parents in healthy eating and physical activity promotion. (e) Tracking State progress The Secretary shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (g)(2) to enter into contracts with, or award grants to, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, or other entities with relevant monitoring and surveillance expertise that are approved by the Secretary, to track State progress in obesity prevention policies and practices of early care and education programs through a sentinel set of States. (f) Report to Congress Not later than 12 months after the completion of the programs and activities funded under grants awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report concerning an evaluation of the results of such programs and activities and sentinel surveillance, including recommendations on how lessons learned from such programs can be incorporated into future guidance documents developed and provided by the Secretary or Director and other Federal agencies as appropriate. (g) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— (1) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023; and (2) $1,700,000 for fiscal year 2019, to be used to track State progress in obesity prevention policies and practices of early care and education programs in a sentinel set of States as provided for in subsection (e). .