IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 96 
Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2017 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. HANABUSA, 
Mr. COHEN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. CICILLINE) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. 
Whereas since the identification of AIDS in 1981, an esti-
mated 76,100,000 people have been infected with HIV, 
and more than 35,000,000 people have died of AIDS 
worldwide; 
Whereas, in 2016, an estimated 1,800,000 people were newly 
infected with HIV, 19,500,000 people living with HIV 
(53 percent of the total) had access to antiretroviral 
(ARV) therapy, and 1,000,000 people died of the disease; 
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Whereas, worldwide, 36,700,000 people are living with HIV, 
but only 54 percent of whom know they are infected; 
Whereas progress in reducing new HIV infections among 
adults has slowed since 2010, remaining static at 
1,700,000 new infections each year; 
Whereas progress has been made globally in reducing mother- 
to-child transmission of HIV, with new infections among 
children declining 47 percent since 2010; 
Whereas girls and women make up more than half of all peo-
ple living with HIV worldwide; 
Whereas young women and adolescent girls bear a dispropor-
tionate burden of HIV worldwide (18,600,000); 
Whereas HIV is the third leading cause of death among 
women aged 15 to 29 globally; 
Whereas HIV remains the leading cause of death among 
women aged 30 to 49 globally; 
Whereas low-income and middle-income countries continue to 
bear the brunt of the AIDS pandemic, with sub-Saharan 
Africa serving as the home of 69 percent of all adults 
and children living with HIV, 56 percent of whom are 
women and girls; 
Whereas people living with HIV/AIDS are frequently suscep-
tible to other infections, such as hepatitis C and tuber-
culosis; 
Whereas at least one-third of those living with HIV are in-
fected with latent tuberculosis, which remains the leading 
cause of death among people living with HIV; 
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) estimates that in the United States, 1,100,000 
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people are living with HIV and 14 percent of those are 
not aware of their status; 
Whereas in the United States, more than 700,000 people 
with AIDS have died since the beginning of the epidemic, 
including nearly 13,000 in 2014; 
Whereas each year nearly 40,000 people become newly diag-
nosed with HIV in the United States; 
Whereas minority communities are disproportionately affected 
by HIV in the United States; 
Whereas the CDC estimates that African Americans account 
for almost half (45 percent) of all new infections and rep-
resent more than one-third of all people living with HIV 
in the United States, despite comprising just 12 percent 
of the population; 
Whereas in the United States, African-American women are 
18 times more likely to become newly infected with HIV 
than White women, and Hispanic women are 5 times 
more likely to have AIDS than non-Hispanic White 
women; 
Whereas among all women diagnosed with HIV at the end of 
2014, an estimated 60 percent were African American, 
17 percent were White, and 17 percent were Hispanic or 
Latina; 
Whereas, in 2015, youth aged 13 to 24 accounted for more 
than 20 percent of all new HIV diagnoses in the United 
States, with nearly half of youth aged 18 to 24 unaware 
of their status; 
Whereas men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly 
young MSM of color, are the population most affected by 
HIV; 
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Whereas, in 2015, MSM accounted for 82 percent of new di-
agnoses among men and 67 percent of all new infections; 
Whereas the national opioid epidemic is a threat to a resur-
gence of HIV cases among people who inject drugs 
(PWID), with an estimated 10 percent of new cases at-
tributable to injection drug use; 
Whereas Southern States bear the greatest burden of HIV in 
the United States, accounting for half of new infections 
in 2014; 
Whereas in order to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 
United States, on August 18, 1990, Congress enacted the 
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency 
(CARE) Act to provide primary medical care and essen-
tial support services for people living with HIV who are 
uninsured or underinsured; 
Whereas the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides serv-
ices and support for over half of all people diagnosed with 
HIV in the United States and has been reauthorized by 
Congress four times since it was first created (1996, 
2000, 2006, and 2009); 
Whereas to further focus attention on the HIV/AIDS epi-
demic among minority communities in the United States, 
in 1998 the Minority AIDS Initiative was established to 
provide funds to State and local institutions and organi-
zations to best serve the healthcare costs and support the 
needs of racial and ethnic minorities living with HIV/ 
AIDS; 
Whereas the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) re-
leased an update of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 
targeting reducing new infections, increasing access to 
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care, reducing disparities, and achieving a more coordi-
nated response by 2020; 
Whereas to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, in 2000, 
Congress passed the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Re-
lief Act, providing the first contribution and the founding 
framework for what became the Global Fund to Fight 
AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria, which provides 
grants to developing countries to combat the 3 diseases; 
Whereas, since the Global Fund was created in 2002, donors 
have pledged more than $41,000,000,000 in funding, of 
which $13,200,000,000 has been donated by the United 
States; 
Whereas, as of 2016, the Global Fund has supported life-
saving ARV therapy for more than 11,000,000 people liv-
ing with HIV, provided 17,400,000,000 people with test-
ing and treatment for TB, and distributed over 
795,000,000 insecticide treated nets to fight malaria; 
Whereas in order to further address the global HIV/AIDS 
epidemic, in 2003, Congress and the White House cre-
ated the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 
(PEPFAR); 
Whereas, in 2013, Congress extended the President’s Emer-
gency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through 2018 
with the PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 
2013 to continue to address HIV, TB, and malaria; 
Whereas PEPFAR is currently supporting treatment for 
11,500,000 men, women, and children; critical care and 
support for 6,200,000 orphans and vulnerable children; 
and in fiscal year 2016, PEPFAR supported HIV testing 
and counseling for more than 74,300,000 people, includ-
ing 11,500,000 pregnant women; 
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Whereas as a result of these efforts, more than 11,000,000 
AIDS-related deaths and nearly 16,000,000 HIV infec-
tions have been averted worldwide since PEPFAR began; 
Whereas the international community has repeatedly and col-
lectively committed to the goals of ending the HIV/AIDS 
epidemic by 2030 and creating an AIDS-free generation; 
Whereas the concept of World AIDS Day originated in 1988 
and was established to focus attention on the HIV/AIDS 
pandemic; 
Whereas December 1 is now recognized as World AIDS Day 
and has been recognized by governments, lawmakers, and 
organizations around the world; and 
Whereas World AIDS Day 2017 is focused on increasing im-
pact through transparency, accountability, and partner-
ships: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of World 
AIDS Day and recognizes the 29th anniversary of 
observing this day; 
(2) commends the President, State, and local 
governments, including their public health agencies, 
for recognizing this day, for publicizing its impor-
tance among their communities, and for encouraging 
individuals to undergo testing for HIV; 
(3) commends national, State, and local media 
organizations for carrying messages in support of 
World AIDS Day; 
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(4) supports the goal of ending HIV/AIDS, 
both in the United States and around the world; 
(5) supports continued funding for prevention, 
care, treatment services, and research programs for 
persons living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, 
including, through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Treatment Extension Act, the Minority HIV/AIDS 
Initiative, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, the National Institutes of Health, the Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis-
tration, the Office of Minority Health, and the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; 
(6) supports the implementation of the National 
HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated 
to 2020 (NHAS) and achieving the goals within the 
NHAS Federal Action Plan; 
(7) supports continued funding for PEPFAR 
and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
and Malaria to provide prevention, care, and treat-
ment to combat HIV/AIDS in low-income and mid-
dle-income countries; 
(8) supports the goal of improving access to 
comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, 
care, and support programs; 
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(9) supports the goal of protecting human 
rights for all people, including vulnerable and 
marginalized populations; and 
(10) supports efforts to address the factors that 
make populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by com-
batting poverty and hunger, expanding educational 
opportunities for children, and empowering women 
and girls. 
Æ 
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