SUNSET Act of 2008

Simplifying and Updating National Standards to Encourage Testing of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus of 2008 or SUNSET Act of 2008 - Amends the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from performing widespread human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, but allowing voluntary testing of certain individuals.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6114 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6114

 To amend the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 relating to 
      testing for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2008

  Mr. Doyle (for himself and Mr. Dent) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 relating to 
      testing for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Simplifying and Updating National 
Standards to Encourage Testing of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus of 
2008'' or ``SUNSET Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. SUNSET.

    Section 124 of the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 (38 
U.S.C. 4133 note; 102 Stat. 505) and the item relating to such section 
in the table of contents of such Act (102 Stat. 487) are repealed.
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