; and (2) demonstrate in such application that the entity is capable of carrying out data-driven maternal safety and quality improvement initiatives in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology or maternal health. (c) Report to congress Not later than January 1, 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and make publicly available, a report concerning the impact of the programs established or continued under this section. (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 2028. . 7. Maternal health research network Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 285g et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 452H. Maternal health research network (a) Establishment The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall establish a National Maternal Health Research Network (referred to in this section as the Network ), to more effectively support innovative research to reduce maternal mortality and promote maternal health. (b) Activities The Secretary, acting through the Network, may carry out activities to support mechanistic, translational, clinical, behavioral, or epidemiologic research, as well as community-informed research on structural risk factors to address unmet maternal health research needs specific to the underlying causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and their treatment. Such activities should be focused on optimizing improved diagnostics and clinical treatments, improving health outcomes, and reducing inequities. (c) Existing networks In carrying out this section, the Secretary may utilize or coordinate with the Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network and the Obstetric-Fetal Pharmacology Research Centers Network. (d) Use of funds Amounts appropriated to carry out this