25 USC § 1680d - Infant and maternal mortality; fetal alcohol syndrome

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1680d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1680d - Infant and maternal mortality; fetal alcohol syndrome"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1680d"
section_name: "Infant and maternal mortality; fetal alcohol syndrome"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 814, formerly title VII, § 714, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title VII, § 708, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4831; renumbered title VIII, § 814, and amended Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 701(a), (b), title VIII, § 804, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4572, 4585.)"
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# § 1680d. Infant and maternal mortality; fetal alcohol syndrome

By no later than January 1, 1990, the Secretary shall develop and begin implementation of a plan to achieve the following objectives by January 1, 1994:

**(1)** reduction of the rate of Indian infant mortality in each area office of the Service to the lower of—

**(A)** twelve deaths per one thousand live births, or

**(B)** the rate of infant mortality applicable to the United States population as a whole;

**(2)** reduction of the rate of maternal mortality in each area office of the Service to the lower of—

**(A)** five deaths per one hundred thousand live births, or

**(B)** the rate of maternal mortality applicable to the United States population as a whole; and

**(3)** reduction of the rate of fetal alcohol syndrome among Indians served by, or on behalf of, the Service to one per one thousand live births.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 814, formerly title VII, § 714, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title VII, § 708, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4831; renumbered title VIII, § 814, and amended Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 701(a), (b), title VIII, § 804, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4572, 4585.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—, struck out subsec. (a) designation before “By no later” and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The President shall include with the budget submitted under  for each fiscal year a separate statement which specifies the total amount obligated or expended in the most recently completed fiscal year to achieve each of the objectives described in subsection (a) of this section.”