| Resolution Number: | 1991-B025 |
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| Title: | Petition to Remove HIV as a Restrictions on Travel in the US |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church petition the President of the United States, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control to rescind the provisions of Interim Rule 42, CFR Part 34, "Medical Examination of Aliens," which temporarily reinstate HIV to the list of communicable diseases that warrant restrictions on the travel of foreigners to and within the United States, from which list it had previously been removed.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 794. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(B025)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church petition the President of the United States, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control to rescind the provisions of Interim Rule 42, CFR Part 34, "Medical Examination of Aliens," which temporarily reinstate HIV to the list of communicable diseases that warrant restrictions on the travel of foreigners to and within the United States, from which list it had previously been removed.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #157)
House of Deputies
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #45 on House of Bishops Message #157 on Resolution B025 (Remove HIV from List of Diseases Warranting Entry Restrictions) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #329)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention petitions to rescind the legal provisions that restrict travel by foreigners with HIV. |
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