Whereas, as of the end of 2022, an estimated 39,000,000 people were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including 1,500,000 children; Whereas, in the United States, more than 770,000 people with AIDS have died since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, including over 19,000 deaths among people with diagnosed HIV in 2021, with the disease disproportionately affecting communities of color; Whereas, in 2021, over 35,000 people became newly diagnosed with HIV in the United States; Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by HIV in the United States; Whereas, in order to address the HIV epidemic in the United States, on August 18, 1990, Congress enacted the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–381 ; commonly referred to as the Ryan White CARE Act ) to provide primary medical care and essential support services for people living with HIV who are uninsured or underinsured; Whereas the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides services and support for over half of all people diagnosed with HIV in the United States; Whereas to further focus attention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic among minority communities in the United States, in 1998, the Minority AIDS Initiative was established to provide funds to State and local institutions and organizations to best serve the needs of racial and ethnic minorities living with HIV; Whereas, since 2016, the historic U=U (Undetectable=Untransmittable) movement has positively impacted the lives of people living with HIV by promoting the scientific facts; Whereas when people living with HIV are on treatment and have an undetectable viral load, they protect their own health and they cannot transmit HIV