Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.
Latest action · Dec 4, 2007 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedDec 4, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Recognizes the 20th anniversary of observing World AIDS Day. Commends the President and state and local governments for publicizing its importance and encouraging individuals to undergo HIV testing.
Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of such Day; (2) continued funding for prevention, care, treatment services, and research programs for persons living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; (3) providing universal access to comprehensive prevention, treatment, care, and support programs by 2010; and (4) efforts to address the factors that make populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by decreasing poverty, hunger, and childhood mortality and by empowering women.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2007 to Jan 15, 2008; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Dec 4, 2007 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jan 15, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 4, 2007 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2007Introduced in House
- Dec 4, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H14134-14135)
- Dec 4, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 4, 2007Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H14132, H14134–H14139 | Barbara Lee D-CA, Danny K. Davis D-IL, Donald M. Payne D-NJ, Donna M. Christensen D-VI, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Dec 4, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agriculture and Food
- AIDS (Disease)
- Bush (George W.) Administration
- Child health
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional tributes
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal aid to research
- Food relief
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Hunger
- Infant mortality
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Malaria
- Medical research
- Medical tests
- Poverty
- Preventive medicine
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Special days
- Tuberculosis
- Women
- Women's rights
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
