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To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify treatment activities for assistance to combat HIV/AIDS.
Summary
This bill would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify U.S. assistance programs for combating HIV/AIDS overseas. It would designate HIV treatment and prevention activities as "core life-saving humanitarian assistance" under foreign aid programs. The bill would add HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications to the list of eligible assistance activities and would expand coverage to at-risk populations identified through scientific analysis by the World Health Organization. The modifications emphasize both pre-infection prevention and post-infection treatment as fundamental components of the U.S. government's HIV/AIDS assistance programs.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
10 cosponsors
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
Actions (2)
- Sep 17, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Sep 17, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 17 (legislative day, September 16), 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify treatment activities for assistance to combat HIV/AIDS.
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 Medication Access Act”.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PREVENTION ACTIVITIES FOR ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS.
Section 104A(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-2(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “, which shall be considered to be core life-saving humanitarian assistance,” before “including”;
(B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (K)(viii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
“(L) assistance to provide HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications.”;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) subparagraph (D), by adding “and” at the end; and
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(A) by inserting “, including at-risk populations in accordance with a scientific-based analysis designated by the World Health Organization,” after “specific populations”;
(B) by striking “efforts to reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS infection including” and inserting “efforts to reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS infection, which shall be considered to be core life-saving humanitarian assistance, including pre- and”; and
(C) by inserting “, which shall be considered to be core life-saving humanitarian assistance” before the period at the end. <all>
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