,,iv  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #afac  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,december #aj1  
#bjbd,ms4 ,mc,clellan 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,swalwell1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,quigley1   
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mrs4       
,cherfilus-,mc,cormick1 ,mrs4 ,watson   
,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4
 ,jackson of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 
,ms4 ,sewell1 ,ms4 ,williams of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mrs4 ,mc,iver1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4     
,kelly of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,clarke of    
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4       
,pocan1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4  
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,carter of        
,louisiana1 and ,mr4 ,thompson of       
,mississippi7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,recognizing the          
importance of a continued commitment to 
ending pediatric ,,hiv_/,,aids          
worldwide4  ,whereas approximately half 
of the #ci1jjj1jjj people living with   
the human immunodeficiency virus        
7,,hiv71 the pathogen that causes the   
acquired immune deficiency syndrome     
7,,aids71 worldwide are women and girls1
 and #a1djj1jjj are children in #bjbc2  
,whereas ,,hiv is a leading cause of    
death among women of childbearing age   
worldwide2 ,whereas ,,aids is a leading 
cause of death among adolescent girls   
globally2 ,whereas women around the     
world rely on essential pre- and        
post-natal care to provide screening for
 diseases such as ,,hiv and care for    
their health and the health of their    
infants2 ,whereas1 when antiretroviral  
drugs are used as prophylaxis1          
mother-to-child transmission of ,,hiv   
can be reduced to less than #e percent2 

,whereas1 in #bjje1 only #ag percent of 
pregnant and breastfeeding women living 
with ,,hiv were receiving treatment and 
services for prevention of              
mother-to-child transmission and that   
number in #bjbc was #hd percent2        
,whereas #dd percent of new ,,hiv       
infections globally are among women and 
girls in #bjbc2 ,whereas1 globally1 #fg 
percent of infants born to pregnant     
women living with ,,hiv receive a       
virologic test within the first two     
months of birth2 ,whereas1 without      
treatment half of all children with     
,,hiv will die by their second birthday1
 and #hj percent by their fifth         
birthday2 ,whereas1 in #bjah1 nearly #ij
 percent of pregnant women living with  
,,hiv in need of ,,hiv services         
worldwide live in sub-,saharan ,africa2 
,whereas #hf percent of children living 
with ,,hiv are in sub-,saharan ,africa2 
,whereas1 despite increased global and  
,united ,states efforts1 over #aaj1jjj  
children in ,sub-,saharan ,africa became

 infected with ,,hiv in #bjbb2 ,whereas 
progress in meeting the global #ie-ie-ie
 treatment targets by #bjcj1 which calls
 for #ie percent of those living with   
,,hiv to know their status2 #ie percent 
of those who know their status to be on 
treatment2 and #ie percent of those on  
treatment to be virally suppressed and  
sustained1 is slower among children than
 adults2 ,whereas #eg percent of        
children living with ,,hiv were on      
life-saving antiretroviral therapy in   
#bjbc compared to #gg percent of adults 
globally2 ,whereas #gf1jjj children died
 of ,,aids-related causes in #bjbc2     
,whereas1 every week1 approximately     
#d1jjj adolescent girls and young women 
aged #ae to #bd years became infected   
with ,,hiv globally in #bjbc1 and #c1ajj
 of these infections occurred in        
,sub-,saharan ,africa4 ,whereas research
 efforts at the ,national ,institutes of
 ,health have led to extraordinary      
breakthroughs for children infected with
 and at risk for contracting ,,hiv2     

,whereas the ,united ,states began      
investing in prevention of              
mother-to-child transmission services in
 #bjjb with the announcement of the     
,united ,states ,international ,mother  
and ,child ,,hiv ,prevention            
,initiative2 ,whereas1 in ,january      
#bjbd1 the ,united ,states celebrated   
the #bast anniversary of the            
establishment of ,,pepfar2 ,whereas1 in 
fiscal year #bjbc1 ,,pepfar supported   
,,hiv testing and counseling for more   
than #ga1ajj1jjj people and since the   
program's inception the provision of    
antiretroviral drug prophylaxis to      
prevent mother-to-child transmission has
 allowed nearly #e1ejj1jjj babies to be 
born ,,hiv free2 ,whereas the ,,pepfar  
,,dreams initiative is working to reduce
 new ,,hiv infections in adolescent and 
young women in #ae sub-,saharan         
countries2 ,whereas every mother should 
have the opportunity to fight for the   
life of her child2 and ,whereas every   
child and adolescent should have access 

to medicines to lead a long and healthy 
life3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the  
,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7       
recognizes that the prevention of       
mother-to-child transmission of ,,hiv is
 critical to stopping the spread of     
,,hiv worldwide2  7#b7 recognizes that  
the fight to eliminate pediatric ,,hiv  
worldwide has been a priority area for  
the ,united ,states in its global ,,aids
 response for more than #ba years and   
calls on this leadership to continue2   
7#c7 supports providing adolescents and 
young women with the evidence-based     
approaches necessary to prevent new     
,,hiv infections2  7#d7 supports        
providing women and children with ,,hiv 
counseling and testing services where   
possible1 and scaling up access to      
services and medicines that prevent     
mother-to-child transmission of ,,hiv   
and ensure ,,hiv positive mothers       
survive and thrive2  7#e7 supports      
scaling up of treatment for ,,hiv for   
children and adolescents including      

greater access to more efficacious      
antiretroviral drug regimens1 age       
appropriate services1 and support for   
their caregivers2  7#f7 applauds the    
,united ,states leadership on efforts to
 eliminate new pediatric ,,hiv          
infections and to scale-up pediatric    
treatment through programs and research2
  7#g7 encourages the ,united ,states   
,president's ,emergency ,plan for ,,aids
 ,relief to continue its leadership     
through the creation of a standalone    
pediatric ,,hiv strategy that is in     
alignment with the priority actions for 
children as defined in the ,global      
,,aids ,strategy #bjba-bjbf2 and  7#h7  
reaffirms the ,united ,states commitment
 to lead the world to the end of ,,aids1
 to eliminate new pediatric ,,hiv       
infections worldwide1 and support women1
 children1 adolescents1 and families    
infected and affected by ,,hiv4