Designating June 10 through 16, 1991, as "Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week".
PL 102-57 (H.J.Res.91), enacted 06/18/1991

PUBLIC LAW 102-57—JUNE 18, 1991 
105 STAT. 297 
Public Law 102-57 
I 
102d Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Designating June 10 through 16,1991, as "Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week". 
Whereas more than 157,525 individuals in the United States have 
, been diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency sjntidrome (com-
monly known as AIDS) and 98,530 have died from the disease; 
Whereas the Public Health Service has estimated that there will be 
365,000 cases of AIDS by the end of 1992 and that there are 
currently between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 persons in the United 
States infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (com-
monly known as HIV) which causes AIDS; 
Whereas heterosexual AIDS is not a myth as evidenced by the fact 
that the proportion of females with AIDS continues to rise, as does 
the number of pediatric AIDS cases of children 
infected 
perinatally; 
Whereas pediatric AIDS refers to AIDS patients under the age of 13 
at the time of being diagnosed with the disease; 
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control has reported 2,734 cases of 
pediatric AIDS resulting in 1,423 deaths as of November 1990; 
Whereas approximately 75 percent of teenagers in the United States 
have had sexual intercourse by the age of 19; 
Whereas among the 25,000,000 adolescents between the ages of 13 
and 19 there are subgroups who either have intercourse at an 
- earlier age or whose patterns of sexual behavior put them at risk 
of becoming infected with HIV; 
Whereas HIV-infected women can transmit the virus to their in-
fants during pregnancy or at birth; 
Whereas more than 80 percent of children with AIDS have a parent 
with, or at risk for, HIV infection; 
Whereas 27 percent of reported pediatric AIDS cases in the United 
States have occurred in New York City and 74 percent of those are 
related to drug use by a parent or unprotected sexual activity; 
Whereas 70 percent of women who are HIV-infected and 78 
percent of children with pediatric AIDS are African-American or 
Latino, many of whom have experienced social and economic 
discrimination; 
Whereas there have been 157 cases of pediatric AIDS reported to the 
Centers for Disease Control in Miami, Florida; 123 cases in 
Newark, New Jersey; 106 cases in San Juan, Puerto Rico; 90 cases 
in Los Angeles, California; 64 cases in Washington, District of 
Columbia; 53 cases in West Palm Beach, Florida; 53 cases in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 51 cases in Boston, Massachusetts; 50 
cases in Chicago, Illinois; 49 cases in Baltimore, Maryland; and 45 
cases in Houston, Texas; 
Whereas schools across the Nation continue to discriminate against 
AIDS and HIV-infected children and their families; 
Whereas there are increasing numbers of HIV-infected children and 
it is important that the people of the United States diligently seek 
preventative measures and better solutions to care for HlV-in-
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fected pregnant women, including helping them gain access to 
new delaying and preventative therapies to allow time for bio-
medical progress; 
Whereas early intervention and educational resources must be 
made available to all citizens, especially adolescents, women who 
are drug abusers, and other high-risk groups to make them more 
aware of AIDS and the risks associated with engaging in un-
protected sexual activity; 
Whereas the Health Care Financing Administration and the Public 
Health Service should work with appropriate State officials to 
help design optimal care packages needed for children with AIDS 
or HIV infection; and 
Whereas States and localities should recognize relatives as an appro-
priate source of foster care for children with AIDS whose parents 
can no longer care for them, subject to the same review and 
afforded the same benefits as other foster parents: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That June 10 through 16, 
1991, is designated as "Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week", and the 
President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation call-
ing upon the people of the United States to observe the week with 
appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved June 18, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 91: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
June 5, considered and passed House. 
June 11, considered and passed Senate.