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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 8 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service 

should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring victims of HIV/ 

AIDS and recognizing the struggle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS 

in the United States and throughout the world. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Ms. LEE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 

Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage 

stamp honoring victims of HIV/AIDS and recognizing 

the struggle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the 

United States and throughout the world. 

Whereas in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first cases of a rare pneumonia, later diagnosed as AIDS-related; 

Whereas in 1982, the CDC formally established the term ‘‘acquired immune deficiency syndrome’’ (AIDS) and the 

first congressional hearings on AIDS were held; 

Whereas the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was isolated in 1984 and later so named; 


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Whereas on December 1, 1988, World AIDS Day was first 

declared by the World Health Organization; 

Whereas since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, approximately 1,500,000 people in the United States have 

become infected with the virus, including more than 

500,000 who have died from it; 

Whereas the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 

(UNAIDS) estimates that since the beginning of the 

HIV/AIDS pandemic, approximately 65,000,000 people 

worldwide have become infected with the virus, including 

more than 25,000,000 who have died from it; 

Whereas the CDC estimates that at the end of 2003, there 

were between 1,039,000 and 1,185,000 people in the 

United States living with HIV/AIDS, an increase from 

the estimated 850,000 to 950,000 people at the end of 

2002; 

Whereas UNAIDS estimates that worldwide at the end of 

2006, women accounted for 48 percent of adults living 

with HIV/AIDS (up from 41 percent in 1997), and in 

sub-Saharan Africa, women represented 59 percent of all 

adults living with HIV/AIDS; 

Whereas communities of color have been disproportionately 

affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic; 

Whereas the CDC estimates that at the end of 2005, minorities represented over 65 percent of persons living with 

AIDS; 

Whereas the CDC estimates that of the estimated 40,000 

new HIV infections each year, nearly 70 percent occur 

among minorities; 


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Whereas the CDC estimates that in 2004, African Americans 

accounted for nearly 50 percent of all new diagnoses of 

HIV/AIDS; 

Whereas the Minority AIDS Initiative was created in 1999 

to enhance efforts to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infections in racial and ethnic communities; 

Whereas the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource 

Emergency Act of 1990 was enacted to address the 

unmet health needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS by 

funding primary health care, capacity building, community outreach, and support services that enhance access 

to and retention in care; 

Whereas the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 

was established in 2003 to work with international, national, and local leaders to promote prevention, treatment, and care programs; 

Whereas greater global attention and funding have led to several important initiatives from organizations such as the 

United Nations General Assembly Special Session on 

HIV/AIDS; The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM); the World Health Organization; and the World Bank; and 

Whereas in 2005, the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) 

agreed to work to develop and implement a package for 

HIV prevention, treatment, and care, with the goal of 

providing universal access to treatment and care by 

2010: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be 

2 issued by the United States Postal Service honoring 

3 victims of HIV/AIDS and recognizing the struggle to 

4 prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the United States 

5 and throughout the world; and 

6 (2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

7 should recommend to the Postmaster General that 

8 such a stamp be issued. 

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