; Whereas available data suggests that more than 70 percent of new hepatitis C infections and 36 percent of new hepatitis B infections are among people who inject drugs; Whereas African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Latinos, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, gay and bisexual men, and persons who inject drugs intravenously all have higher rates of chronic viral hepatitis infections in the United States than other groups of people; Whereas Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders bear the greatest burden of hepatitis B-related deaths in the United States; Whereas between 2013 and 2017, liver cancer was the second most common cause of death among Asian American and Pacific Islander males; Whereas hepatitis C is 10 times more infectious than human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ); Whereas hepatitis B is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV; Whereas an estimated 33 percent of people who live in the United States and are infected with HIV are also infected with hepatitis B or C; Whereas life expectancies for persons infected with HIV have increased with antiretroviral treatment, and liver disease, much of which is related to hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections, has become the most common cause of death among this population that is not related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Whereas, despite the fact that chronic viral hepatitis is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, over half of people living with hepatitis B and hepatitis C are unaware of their infection; Whereas hepatitis B is preventable through vaccination, and hepatitis C is curable through antiretroviral treatment but less than a third of people living with hepatitis C receive treatment; Whereas both hepatitis B and hepatitis C are preventable with proper public health interventions, including programs that offer access to sterile injection equipment for people who inject drugs intravenously