,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hafh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #d1       
#bjbj,mrs4 ,demings 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,quigley7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the guidance of the 
,food and ,drug ,administration on      
reducing the risk of human              
immunodeficiency virus 7,,hiv71         
hepatitis ,a1 and hepatitis ,b          
transmission by blood and blood products
 7including the donor history           
questionnaire7 to be based on an        
individual risk assessment of sexual    
behaviors upon which all donors are     
evaluated equally1 without regard to    
sexual orientation or gender identity1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,science in ,blood ,donation ,act of    
#bjbj4  #b4 ,requiring guidance on      
reducing risk of ,,hiv1 hepatitis ,a1   
and hepatitis ,b transmission by blood  

products to be based on an individual   
risk assessment  7a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services acting through the            
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs 7in   
this section referred to as the         
,secretary7 shall--  7#a7 not later than
 #de days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 revise and publish the      
guidance of the ,food and ,drug         
,administration on reducing the risk of 
human immunodeficiency virus1 hepatitis 
,a1 and hepatitis ,b transmission by    
blood and blood products so as to       
eliminate-- 7,a7 the recommendation to  
defer for #c months from the most recent
 sexual contact1 a man who has had sex  
with another man during the past #c     
months2 and  7,b7 the recommendation to 
defer for #c months from the most recent
 sexual contact1 a female who has had   
sex during the past #c months with a man
 who has had sex with another man in the
 past #c months2  7#b7 not later than   
#de days after the date of enactment of 

this ,act1 initiate a process--  7,a7 to
 update such guidance-- 7i7 in          
conformity with paragraph 7#a72 and     
7ii7 so as to ensure that such guidance1
 including the corresponding donor      
deferral recommendations1 are based on  
an individual risk assessment of sexual 
behaviors upon which all donors are     
evaluated equally1 without regard to    
sexual orientation or gender identity2  
and  7,b7 to update the donor history   
questionnaire consistent with the       
updates under subparagraph 7,a72 and    
7#c7 not later than #ah months after the
 date of enactment of this ,act-- 7,a7  
complete the process initiated pursuant 
to paragraph 7#b72 and  7,b7 publish the
 updated guidance and donor history     
questionnaire4  7b7 ,special rule       
,throughout the period during which the 
,secretary is revising guidance pursuant
 to subsection 7a77#a71 the             
recommendations described in            
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of          
subsections 7a77#a7 are deemed to be    

eliminated with respect to any          
individual who--  7#a7 is a human       
subject in research2  7#b7 is being     
routinely tested for human              
immunodeficiency virus1 hepatitis ,a1   
and hepatitis ,b as part of such        
research2 and  7#c7 is not found1       
pursuant to such testing1 to be positive
 for human immunodeficiency virus1      
hepatitis ,a1 or hepatitis ,b4  7c7     
,progress report ,the ,secretary shall--
  7#a7 not later than each of #f and #ab
 months after the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 submit a report to the       
appropriate congressional committees on 
the progress made pursuant to the       
process under subsection 7a77#b72 and   
7#b7 not later than #ah months after the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 submit 
a final report to the appropriate       
congressional committees on the updated 
guidance and donor history              
questionnaire4