Law, Regulations & Guidance

Pledge Requirement

United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003, 22 U.S.C. § 7631(f): “No funds made available to carry out this chapter, or any amendment made by this chapter, may be used to provide assistance to any group or organization that does not have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking, except that this subsection shall not apply to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Health Organization, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative or to any United Nations agency.”

Agency Regulations & Guidance

Current

• HHS Regulation, 75 Fed. Reg. 18760, 45 C.F.R. Part 89 (04/13/10)
•  USAID Acquisition & Assistance Policy Directive 05-04, Amendment 3 (04/13/10)

• HHS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Organizational Integrity (11/23/09)
• Final HHS Regulation (12/24/08)
• Health and Human Services Affiliate Guidelines (07/23/07)
• USAID Affiliate Guidelines (07/23/07)

Comments on Proposed Regulations

• Comments of 21 Groups on HHS Proposed Regulation (12/23/09)
• Comments of Center for Health and Gender Equality and Human Rights Watch on HHS Proposed Regulation (12/23/09)
• Comments of 170+ Individuals and Grassroots Organizations on HHS Proposed Regulation (12/23/09)
• Comments of Physician-Scientists on HHS Proposed Regulation (12/23/09)
• Representatives Waxman & Lee’s Comments on HHS Proposed Regulation (12/22/09)
• Brennan Center/Plaintiffs’ Comments on HHS Proposed Regulation (12/22/09)
• Brennan Center Comments on HHS’s Organizational Integrity Regulation (05/19/08)
• OMB Watch’s Comments on HHS’s Organizational Integrity Regulation (05/19/08)
• Representatives Waxman & Lee’s Comments on HHS’s Organizational Integrity Regulation (05/19/08)