S.Amdt. 2804

SA 2804. Ms. BUTLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title VII, insert the
following:

SEC. 749A. GAO REPORT ON MATERNITY CARE ACCESS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on
programs and activities of the Department of Defense to
support the availability and retention of maternity care for
members of the Armed Forces and their dependents. Such report
shall examine, to the extent data is available--
(1) the availability of maternity care for members of the
Armed Forces and their dependents;
(2) recent trends in obstetric care unit closures,
including at military medical treatment facilities and
hospitals that predominantly serve members of the Armed
Forces and their dependents;
(3) what is known about the factors that contribute to
obstetric care unit closures at military medical treatment
facilities and hospitals that predominantly serve members of
the Armed Forces and their dependents;
(4) what is known about the populations, including racial
and ethnic minority groups, disproportionately impacted by
obstetric care unit closures at military medical treatment
facilities and hospitals that predominantly serve members of
the Armed Forces and their dependents;
(5) what is known about the health outcomes, including
maternal mental health and substance use outcomes, associated
with obstetric care unit closures at military medical
treatment facilities and hospitals that predominantly serve
members of the Armed Forces and their dependents;
(6) the manner in which selected recipients of awards from
relevant Federal agencies may utilize such awards to carry
out activities that support the availability and retention of
maternity care for members of the Armed Forces and their
dependents, and any challenges associated with implementing
such activities; and
(7) the activities of the Department of Defense to address
obstetric care unit closures and coordinate with the heads of
other relevant agencies to support innovative partnerships
between accredited freestanding birth centers, hospitals,
military medical treatment facilities, other health care
settings, maternity care providers, and perinatal health
workers.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``freestanding birth center'' has the meaning
given such term in section 1905(l)(3) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(3)); and
(2) the term ``military medical treatment facility'' means
military medical treatment facilities described in section
1073d of title 10, United States Code.
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