Authorize $63.4 million annually for six years for the NIH IMPROVE Initiative to support maternal mortality and severe morbidity research.

Lauren Underwood · Illinois · Democratic

spending impact 0.65 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 6238 as Referred in Senate, with action: received, read twice, and referred to the Senate HELP Committee. The bill text authorizes $63,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the NIH IMPROVE Initiative.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official referred-in-Senate version shows the measure has not become law as of its latest official action, but it contains the core authorization language for the NIH IMPROVE Initiative. The final House-passed text covers FY2026-FY2030, not six fiscal years.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 6238 (RFS) - NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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Rep. Underwood’s office said her bipartisan NIH IMPROVE Act passed the House with unanimous support and would authorize $63.4 million annually for six years to carry out the IMPROVE Initiative.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Underwood claimed concrete legislative progress: her sponsored bill passed the House and targeted the promised NIH maternal mortality and severe morbidity research funding. Because Senate passage and enactment are not shown, this is partial delivery with clear effort.

partial same_term A for effort

Another Momnibus Bill, Underwood’s Bipartisan NIH IMPROVE Act, Passes House | Representative Lauren Underwood
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Underwood sponsored and advanced H.R. 6238, the NIH IMPROVE Act, and it passed the House in July 2026 with the promised core authorization language for the NIH IMPROVE Initiative. But the measure had only been referred to the Senate HELP Committee and had not become law, so Congress had not actually authorized the funding. This is a serious same-term legislative effort, but not fulfillment of the promised federal authorization.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%