La Follette-Bulwinkle Act

La Follette-Bulwinkle Act
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Long title	An Act to impose additional duties upon the United States Public Health Service in connection with the investigation and control of the venereal diseases.
Nicknames	Venereal Diseases Control and Prevention Act of 1938
Enacted by	the 75th United States Congress
Effective	May 24, 1938
Public law	75-540
Statutes at Large	52 Stat. 439
Codification
Titles amended	42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created	42 U.S.C. ch. 1, subch. I §§ 25a-25e
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3290 by Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R–WI) on March 7, 1938 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Passed the Senate on March 31, 1938 (Passed) Passed the House on May 16, 1938 (Passed) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on May 17, 1938 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 24, 1938

La Follette-Bulwinkle Act or Venereal Diseases Control and Prevention Act of 1938 sanctioned federal assistance to U.S. states establishing preventive healthcare for venereal diseases. The United States federal statute commissioned the United States Public Health Service for demonstrations, investigations, and studies as related to the control, prevention, and treatment of the transmissible diseases. The public law amended the Army Appropriations Act of 1918 appending the judicial context which created the Division of Venereal Diseases within the Bureau of the Public Health Service.^[1]

The S. 3290 legislation was passed during the 75th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 32nd President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt on May 24, 1938.

Sections of the Act

The Title 42 Section 25 codified law was penned as five sections establishing federal rulings for the Public Health Service enforcement to control and eradicate venereal diseases in the United States as determined by the Surgeon General of the United States.

42 U.S.C. § 25a ~ Assistance to U.S. states

42 U.S.C. § 25b ~ Basis and determination of annual allotments

42 U.S.C. § 25c ~ Quarterly allotments

42 U.S.C. § 25d ~ Prescribe the rules and regulations

42 U.S.C. § 25e ~ Provisions not to limit or supersede existing functions

Communicable Diseases & Public Health Service Act

The 1960s sexual revolution movement prompt the United States Congress to draft amendments for the Public Health Service Act authorizing control, prevention, and vaccination assistance for communicable diseases. The United States statutes were enacted into law by the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon and the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford.

Communicable Diseases Legislative Policies

Communicable Disease Control Amendments of 1970^[2]

Communicable Disease Control Amendments of 1972^[3]

Disease Control Amendments of 1976^[4]^[5]

In Popular Culture

By 1914, American exploitation films were produced promoting awareness about hygiene and venereal disease.

Damaged Goods (1914)

Damaged Lives (1933)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)

Is Your Daughter Safe? (1927)

Mom and Dad (1945)

Sex Hygiene (1942)

Sex Madness (1938)

To the People of the United States (1943)

References

↑ "Army Appropriations Act of 1918 ~ P.L. 65-193" (PDF). 40 Stat. 886 ~ House Bill 12281. Legis★Works. July 9, 1918.
↑ "Communicable Disease Control Amendments of 1970 ~ P.L. 91-464" (PDF). 84 Stat. 988 ~ Senate Bill 2264. U.S. Government Printing Office. October 16, 1970.
↑ "Communicable Disease Control Amendments of 1972 ~ P.L. 92-449" (PDF). 86 Stat. 748 ~ Senate Bill 3442. U.S. Government Printing Office. September 30, 1972.
↑ "Disease Control Amendments of 1976 ~ P.L. 94-317" (PDF). 90 Stat. 695 ~ Senate Bill 1466. U.S. Government Printing Office. June 23, 1976.
↑ "S. 1466 ~ Disease Control Amendments of 1976". P.L. 94-317 ~ 90 Stat. 695. Congress.gov. April 17, 1975.

External links

Parascandola, Ph.D, John (March–April 1996). "VD at the Movies: PHS Films of the 1930s and 1940s" (PDF). National Center for Biotechnology Information - U.S. National Library of Medicine. PHS Chronicles - Public Health Reports. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. pp. 173–175. CS1 maint: Date format (link)
Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Letter to the National Conference on Venereal Disease Control.," December 24, 1936". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Penicillin Amendment ~ P.L. 79-139" (PDF). 59 Stat. 463 ~ House Bill 3266. Legis★Works. July 6, 1945.
"Review of Venereal Disease Prevention and Control Program" (PDF). U.S. GAO ~ HRD-78-150. U.S. Government Accountability Office. September 5, 1978.
"Venereal Disease - Visual Culture and Public Health Posters". National Institutes of Health - U.S. National Library of Medicine. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Syphilis: A Motion Picture Clinic (USPHS, 1937) on YouTube
Three Counties Against Syphilis (USPHS, 1938) on YouTube
Gonorrhea: A Film for Physicians (USPHS, 1943) on YouTube
To the People Of The United States (USPHS, 1944) on YouTube
Penicillin and Venereal Disease (USPHS, 1947) on YouTube

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