La Follette–Bulwinkle Act

La Follette–Bulwinkle Act
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
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 75–540
Statutes at Large	52 Stat. 439
Codification
Acts amended	Chamberlain–Kahn Act
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 opportunistic infections. 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.