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HR 2212 105th Congress House Health AIDS (Disease) Alcoholism treatment Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Grants-in-aid Human immunodeficiency viruses Intravenous drug abuse Needle exchange programs Preventive medicine

HIV Prevention Outreach Act of 1997

Introduced: July 22, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 22, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jul 22, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

HIV Prevention Outreach Act of 1997 - Mandates grants to States and their political subdivisions for projects making sterile hypodermic needles available to the public without charge as part of a program for the prevention of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Requires that amounts be reserved for the grants from amounts appropriated under the Public Health Service Act, but prohibits reserving amounts from appropriations under that Act for any substance abuse treatment program.

What's happening now July 25, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 22, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2212: HIV Prevention Outreach Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2212/
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"H.R. 2212: HIV Prevention Outreach Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2212/.
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H.R. 2212, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2212/.
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