; and (11) make recommendations informed by the stories shared by American Indian and Alaska Native women under paragraph (2) to improve maternal health outcomes for such women. (d) Report The contract entered into under subsection (a)(1) with an independent research organization or Tribal epidemiology center established under section 214 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1621m ) shall require that the organization or center submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted pursuant to that contract not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023. 505. Grants to minority-serving institutions to study maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and other adverse maternal health outcomes (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall award grants to minority-serving institutions to study specific aspects of the maternal health crisis among minority women. Such research may— (1) include the development and implementation of systematic processes of listening to the stories of minority women to fully understand the causes of, and inform potential solutions to, the maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity crisis within their respective communities