; (3) increasing the number of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists entering careers focused on maternal and perinatal health working in health professional shortage areas designated under section 332; and (4) increasing the number of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists entering careers focused on maternal and perinatal health working in areas with significant racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes. (i) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. . 404. GAO report on barriers to maternity care (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on barriers to maternity care in the United States. Such report shall include the information and recommendations described in subsection (b). (b) Content of report The report under subsection (a) shall include— (1) an assessment of current barriers to entering accredited midwifery education programs, and recommendations for addressing such barriers, particularly for low-income and minority women; (2) an assessment of current barriers to entering accredited education programs for other maternity care professional careers, including obstetrician-gynecologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists, particularly for low-income and minority women; (3) an assessment of current barriers that prevent midwives from meeting the international definition of the midwife and global standards for midwifery education as established by the International Confederation of Midwives, and recommendations for addressing such barriers, particularly for low-income and minority women