Whereas National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day is a nationwide observance that calls on people to take action to invest in the health, education, and leadership of young people; Whereas more than 30 years into the epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in the United States more than 1,200,000 people are living with HIV, and every year approximately 39,000 people acquire HIV; Whereas in the United States, almost 40 percent of new HIV infections are young people ages 13 to 20; Whereas young people ages 13 to 24 account for one in five of the estimated 39,000 new HIV cases diagnosed each year in the United States; Whereas 44 percent of HIV-positive youth do not know they carry the HIV virus; Whereas African-American youth bear a disproportionate burden of the epidemic, representing 56 percent of new infections in young people; Whereas young African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) ages 13 to 24 comprise 55 percent of new infections among all Black males; Whereas the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is the only Federal program supporting HIV prevention for adolescents in schools; Whereas the Nation's largest Federal program dedicated to providing care and treatment for people living with HIV was named after Ryan White, a teenager from Indiana who helped educate a Nation about HIV and AIDS in the 1980s; Whereas the Ryan White Part D Program is one of the national efforts to link HIV-positive youth to medical care and support services; Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) provides youth, including those at risk for and living with HIV/AIDS, better access to health care coverage, more health insurance options, additional funding for sex education, a prohibition against denying people living with HIV access to health care and expanded access to Medicaid which will help more HIV-positive youth receive care; and Whereas April 10 of each year is now recognized as National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: Now, therefore, be it