REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013
Latest action · Jun 20, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 or the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding people living with HIV/AIDS should: (1) not place unique or additional burdens on such individuals solely as a result of their HIV status; and (2) demonstrate a public health-oriented, evidence-based, medically accurate, and contemporary understanding of HIV transmission, health implications, treatment, and the impact of punitive HIV-specific laws, policies, regulations, and judicial precedents and decisions on public health and on affected people, families, and communities.
Directs: (1) the Attorney General (AG), Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Secretary of Defense (DOD) to initiate a national review of federal (including military) and state laws, policies, regulations, and judicial precedents and decisions regarding criminal and related civil commitment cases involving people living with HIV/AIDS; and (2) the AG to transmit to Congress and make publicly available the results of such review with related recommendations.
Requires the AG and HHS Secretary to: (1) develop and publicly release guidance and best practice recommendations for states, and (2) establish an integrated monitoring and evaluation system to measure state progress.
Directs the AG and HHS and DOD Secretaries to transmit to the President and Congress any proposals necessary to implement adjustments to federal laws, policies, or regulations.
Prohibits this Act from being construed to discourage the prosecution of individuals who intentionally transmit or attempt to transmit HIV to another individual.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2013 to Sep 11, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | May 7, 2013 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Jun 17, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 20, 2013 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Jul 10, 2013 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 30, 2013 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Sep 9, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 28, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Dec 4, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jan 7, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 27, 2014 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Mar 25, 2014 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Apr 7, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 29, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 8, 2014 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 17, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Sep 11, 2014 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 7, 2013 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jun 14, 2013 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 7, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 10, 2013 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 7, 2013 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2013 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jun 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- May 10, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 7, 2013Introduced in House
- May 7, 2013Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2484.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1790 | REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 | Identical bill | Dec 10, 2013 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize laws, and eliminate discrimination, with respect to people living with HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2013
- REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Justice
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Government studies and investigations
- HIV/AIDS
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Military law
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 7, 2013Introduced in House
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