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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 148 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness 

Day. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2013 

Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. 

WATERS, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LEWIS, 

and Mr. CICILLINE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV 

& AIDS Awareness Day. 

Whereas more than 30 years into the epidemic, the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 

in the United States more than 1,100,000 people are living with HIV, and every year approximately 50,000 people acquire HIV; 

Whereas 1 in 4 new HIV infections occurs among young people between the ages of 13 and 24, accounting for 1,000 

new cases every month; 


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Whereas 60 percent of HIV positive youth do not know they 

carry the HIV virus; 

Whereas there are approximately 76,400 young people living 

with HIV; 

Whereas African-American youth bear a disproportionate 

burden of the epidemic, representing 60 percent of new 

infections in young people; 

Whereas new HIV infections among 13- to 29-year-old African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) increased 48 percent from 2006 through 2009; 

Whereas the Division of Adolescent and School Health 

(DASH), is the only Federal program supporting HIV 

prevention for adolescents in schools; 

Whereas the Nation’s largest Federal program dedicated to 

providing care and treatment for people living with HIV 

was named after Ryan White, a teenager from Indiana 

who helped educate a Nation about HIV and AIDS in the 

1980s; 

Whereas the Ryan White Part D Program is one of the national efforts to link HIV positive youth to medical care 

and support services; 

Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes many provisions that benefit young people and 

help achieve the goal of an AIDS-free generation, including funding for sex education to help ensure that every 

young person in the United States is educated about 

HIV/AIDS, a prohibition against denying people living 

with HIV access to health care, HIV testing for women 

without a co-pay, and expanded access to Medicaid which 

will help more HIV-positive youth receive care; and 


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Whereas April 10 of each year is now recognized as National 

Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

3 Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day; 

4 (2) encourages State and local governments, in5 cluding their public health agencies, education agen6 cies, schools, and media organizations to recognize 

7 and support such a day; 

8 (3) promotes effective and comprehensive HIV 

9 prevention education programs both in and out of 

10 schools as a tool to ensure that all people in the 

11 United States are educated about HIV, as called for 

12 in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy; 

13 (4) urges youth-friendly and accessible health 

14 care services to better provide for the early identi15 fication of HIV through voluntary routine testing, 

16 and to connect those in need to clinically and cul17 turally appropriate care and treatment as early as 

18 possible; 

19 (5) commends the work of AIDS service organi20 zations, community and faith-based organizations, 

21 and school-based health centers that are providing 

22 youth-friendly, effective, prevention, treatment, care, 


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1 and support services to young people living with and 

2 vulnerable to HIV/AIDS; 

3 (6) recognizes the importance of interventions 

4 that address young people’s structural barriers to 

5 living healthy lives, including accessible health care, 

6 safe and inclusive schools and communities, family 

7 acceptance, secure housing, excellent education, em8 ployment and legal protections, and poverty reduc9 tion initiatives; and 

10 (7) prioritizes youth leadership and develop11 ment in order to ensure youth involvement in deci12 sions which impact their health and well-being as 

13 well as advance a pipeline for the next generation of 

14 HIV/AIDS doctors, advocates, educators, research15 ers, and other professionals, as a necessary means to 

16 achieving an AIDS-free generation. 

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