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Early days of 104th Congress indicate need for intensive advocacy.


 Although action during the first one hundred days of the 104th Congress has focused on the Republican Contract with America, there were opportunities to learn about Capitol Hill sentiment on Federal AIDS policy. Overall, expectations for FY96 are for general funding reductions or unchanged funding from previous years. AIDS Action has advocated for increased funding for AIDS programs in the 1996 fiscal year; for the reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act; for the preservation of cutbacks in the 1995 funding of prevention, Ryan White, and housing programs; and against the HIV Infant Notification Act (HR 1289), introduced by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY). To date, AIDS programs have avoided budget cuts, although FY 1995 funding for the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) program remains uncertain. President Clinton's recommendations for other AIDS programs--CDC HIV prevention programs, Ryan White, and NIH AIDS research--call for increases for fiscal 1996.
