•HRES 974 IH 
ment of Health and Human Services, HIV advocates, and 
individuals living with HIV play a critical role in helping 
recognize the effect of HIV/AIDS on women and girls; 
and 
Whereas each year on March 10, individuals, organizations, 
and policymakers across the United States participate in 
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day to 
increase awareness of, spark conversations on, and high-
light the work being done to reduce the incidence of HIV 
among women and girls while showing support for those 
with HIV: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the progress made over 40 years, 
and recommits to bipartisan efforts, to end the HIV 
epidemic in the United States and globally; 
(2) calls for greater focus on the HIV-related 
vulnerabilities of women and girls, including those at 
risk of, or who have survived or faced, violence or 
discrimination as a result of the disease; 
(3) supports strong, sustained investment in 
prevention, care, treatment services, and research 
programs, including efforts to reduce disparities and 
improve access to life-saving medications, for women 
and girls affected by HIV and individuals diagnosed 
with HIV in the United States and globally; 
(4) supports the implementation of the HIV 
Plan and its goals to reduce new HIV infections, in-
crease access to care and improve health outcomes 
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for women and girls living with HIV, reduce HIV- 
related disparities and health inequities, and achieve 
a more coordinated national response to the HIV 
epidemic; 
(5) supports the investment of the United 
States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 
(PEPFAR) in the Determined, Resilient, Empow-
ered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe (DREAMS) 
partnership, which aims to significantly reduce new 
HIV infections among adolescent girls and young 
women through evidence-based, multi-sectoral ap-
proaches; 
(6) encourages PEPFAR to increase investment 
in the DREAMS partnership; 
(7) encourages youth-friendly, culturally respon-
sive, inclusive, and accessible healthcare services, es-
pecially access without parental consent to medica-
tions such as pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis and 
antiretroviral therapy, to better provide for the early 
identification of HIV through voluntary routine test-
ing and to connect those in need to clinically and 
culturally appropriate care and treatment as early as 
possible; 
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(8) encourages continued investment and en-
gagement across foreign assistance programs and 
diplomatic efforts to— 
(A) address violence against women and 
girls; 
(B) combat discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation and gender identity; and 
(C) recognize the inability of adolescent 
girls to access a full range of sexual and repro-
ductive health services and rights as a key driv-
er of the HIV epidemic; and 
(9) promotes access to up-to-date, inclusive, cul-
turally responsive, and medically accurate informa-
tion about HIV, such as information on pre- and 
post-exposure prophylaxis, in sexual education cur-
ricula to ensure that all individuals, including 
women and girls, are educated about HIV, as called 
for in the 2022–2025 HIV National Strategic Plan. 
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