; (B) factors that may mitigate the prevalence of cerebral palsy; and (C) the health care and societal costs of cerebral palsy; (2) public health surveillance; and (3) other research that the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines to be appropriate to provide education and training for health professionals and the general public for purposes of diagnosing, treating, and explaining the causes, prevalence, and lifelong effects of cerebral palsy. (b) Technical assistance The Secretary may (directly or through grants or contracts) provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities in furtherance of research under this section. (c) Evaluations The Secretary shall (directly or through grants or contracts) provide for the evaluation of activities under subsection (a) in order to determine the extent to which such activities have been effective, including evaluation of the effects of such activities on various demographic populations. (d) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029. .