; or (4) other outcome measures as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (f) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, and $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 505. MOMMA’s Act (a) Short title This section may be cited as the Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act or the MOMMA’s Act . (b) 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) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the maternal mortality rate varies drastically for women by race and ethnicity. There are 12.7 deaths per 100,000 live births for White women, 43.5 deaths per 100,000 live births for African-American women, and 14.4 deaths