119-s2846

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2846 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2846

 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify treatment 
 activities for assistance to combat HIV/AIDS.

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 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

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 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.
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