Tuberculosis. and Malaria Reauthorization Act. Section 305 would make an important change in our laws that is long overdue. Under current law. foreign students. tourists. refugees and immigrants with HIV are prohibited from entering the United States. Section 305 would eliminate this HIV travel ban. I was pleased to join Senator KERRY and Senator SMITH as an original cosponsor of the HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act. the original version of this provision. Our immigration laws treat people with HPV differently than people with any other medical condition. HIV is the only disease specifically listed in U.S. law as a bar to entering the United States. For all other medical conditions. the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines whether the public health risk justifies a bar to admission.
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