[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 8 Introduced in House (IH)]







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.


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                    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

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                         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;
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;
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
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring victims of HIV/AIDS and 
        recognizing the struggle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the 
        United States and throughout the world; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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