[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2212 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2212

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
  program regarding sterile hypodermic needles in order to reduce the 
                 incidence of the transmission of HIV.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1997

  Mr. Cummings (for himself and Ms. Pelosi) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
  program regarding sterile hypodermic needles in order to reduce the 
                 incidence of the transmission of HIV.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HIV Prevention Outreach Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM REGARDING STERILE HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND PREVENTION OF 
              TRANSMISSION OF HIV.

    (a) In General.--For the purpose of reducing the incidence of the 
transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (commonly known as 
HIV), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall make grants to 
States and political subdivisions of States to carry out projects under 
which sterile hypodermic needles are made available to the public 
without charge (referred to in this section as ``distribution 
projects'').
    (b) Requirements Regarding Consistency With Scientific Studies on 
Effectiveness.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure 
that a distribution project under subsection (a)--
            (1) is carried out in a community only if the distribution 
        project is part of a program for the prevention of infection 
        with HIV, and such HIV prevention program makes referrals for 
        the treatment of substance abuse and for other medical and 
        support services; and
            (2) is otherwise carried out consistent with scientific 
        studies that have found that making sterile hypodermic needles 
        available to the public without charge is an effective means of 
        preventing the transmission of HIV and does not encourage the 
        use of illegal drugs.
    (c) Funding.--
            (1) Reservation of amounts.--Of the amounts appropriated 
        under the Public Health Service Act for fiscal year 1998 and 
        each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002, the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services shall, subject to paragraph (2), 
        reserve amounts for making grants under subsection (a).
            (2) Limitation regarding programs for treatment of 
        substance abuse.--In reserving amounts under paragraph (1) for 
        a fiscal year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
        not reserve amounts from appropriations made under the Public 
        Health Service Act for any program of treatment for substance 
        abuse.
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