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Article: Task Force Action Fund Applauds U.S. House Vote to Repeal HIV Travel Ban
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 25, 2008
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force issued the following news release:
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund applauds the U.S. House's vote late yesterday to repeal the HIV travel ban. The Senate voted July 16 to repeal the prohibition, which was codified by Congress in 1993. While immigration law currently excludes foreigners with any "communicable disease of public health significance" from entering the country, only HIV is explicitly named in the statute.
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