US Code

Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 300c–12

Sudden infant death syndrome research

Section text and notes

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1 See References in Text note below.
From the sums appropriated to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Secretary shall assure that there are applied to research of the type described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1)  of this section such amounts each year as will be adequate, given the leads and findings then available from such research, in order to make maximum feasible progress toward identification of infants at risk of sudden infant death syndrome and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome.

July 1, 1944, ch. 373 Pub. L. 96–142, title II, § 20293 Stat. 1072 Pub. L. 99–158, § 3(a)(6)99 Stat. 879 Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(a)(1)108 Stat. 4591 Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(b)(2)(B)120 Stat. 3693 Pub. L. 110–154, § 1(b)(10)121 Stat. 1827 (, title XI, § 1122, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(b)(2)(B)(ii)120 Stat. 3693

“(A)
the (i) number of applications approved by the Secretary in the fiscal year reported on for grants and contracts under this chapter for research which relates specifically to sudden infant death syndrome, (ii) total amount requested under such applications, (iii) number of such applications for which funds were provided in such fiscal year, and (iv) total amount of such funds; and
“(B)
the (i) number of applications approved by the Secretary in such fiscal year for grants and contracts under this chapter for research which relates generally to sudden infant death syndrome, including high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infancy research which directly relates to sudden infant death syndrome, (ii) relationship of the high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infancy research to sudden infant death syndrome, (iii) total amount requested under such applications, (iv) number of such applications for which funds were provided in such fiscal year, and (v) total amount of such funds.”
Subsection (b), referred to in text, was repealed by , , . Prior to repeal, subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1) read as follows:

Amendments

Pub. L. 110–1542007— substituted “Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development” for “National Institute of Child Health and Human Development”.

Pub. L. 109–482 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “From the sums” and subsecs. (b) and (c) which related to annual report on data relating to applications for grants and contracts for research on sudden infant death syndrome and annual estimate of amounts requested for such research.

Pub. L. 103–4371994—Subsecs. (b)(1), (c). substituted “Energy and Commerce” for “Interstate and Foreign Commerce”.

Pub. L. 99–158section 289d of this title1985—Subsec. (a). struck out “under ” before “, the Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Pub. L. 109–482section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482section 281 of this titleAmendment by applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see , set out as a note under .