International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 2647

119th Congress

International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Aug 1, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Cory Anthony Booker

Senator

Democratic

NJ

Cosponsors

41

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Health

Summary

This bill aims to improve data collection and public education around stillbirths, which are deaths of babies before birth. It would provide grants to state health departments to track stillbirth information and require the federal government to develop educational materials for the public about stillbirth risk factors and prevention.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill aims to improve data collection and public education around stillbirths, which are deaths of babies before birth. It would provide grants to state health departments to track stillbirth information and require the federal government to develop educational materials for the public about stillbirth risk factors and prevention.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education for Autumn Act of 2023 or the SHINE for Autumn Act of 2023 This bill authorizes grants and establishes other programs to improve data collection on stillbirths. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants for surveillance and data collection on stillbirths, and HHS must issue guidelines for health departments and vital statistics units concerning the collection of stillbirth data. HHS must also develop educational awareness materials about stillbirths and make them publicly available. Furthermore, HHS must implement a fellowship program to provide training in perinatal autopsy pathology and otherwise support research on stillbirths and fetal autopsies. The bill also requires HHS to issue a report with educational guidelines on stillbirths and stillbirth risk factors.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Authorizes grants for state and local health departments to collect better data on stillbirths
Requires the federal government to develop and distribute educational materials about stillbirths for the public
Establishes a fellowship program to train medical professionals in conducting perinatal autopsies and researching stillbirths

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If this bill becomes law, it would directly impact pregnant people, their families, and medical professionals by providing more information and resources around stillbirth prevention and care. Improved data collection could also lead to a better understanding of stillbirth causes and risk factors, which could inform future policies and programs to reduce stillbirth rates.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Health

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

2647, 119th Congress (2025). "International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2647