[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 2026 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2026

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations 
                         for HIV/AIDS efforts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2000

    Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, and Mr. Kennedy) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations 
                         for HIV/AIDS efforts.

    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 ``Global AIDS Prevention Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic 2 decades 
        ago, more than 16,300,000 people worldwide have died of the 
        disease.
            (2) More than 33,600,000 people in the world are living 
        with HIV/AIDS; more than 3,000,000 of them are children.
            (3) Sub-Saharan Africa has been particularly hard hit by 
        the disease, as the region has accounted for--
                    (A) 84 percent of the worldwide deaths from HIV/
                AIDS;
                    (B) two-thirds of the new infections in 1999; and
                    (C) 69 percent of those living with the disease.
            (4) In sub-Saharan Africa, 55 percent of the infected 
        adults are women and, as a result, more than 10,000,000 
        children have been orphaned in sub-Saharan Africa because of 
        HIV/AIDS--a figure that could double or triple in the next 
        decade.
            (5) According to the United Nations, HIV/AIDS in sub-
        Saharan Africa is the ``worst infectious disease catastrophe 
        since the bubonic plague''.
            (6) The HIV/AIDS problem in Southeast Asia is growing 
        dramatically. In 1999, 20 percent of the new infections in the 
        world were in Southeast Asia.
            (7) New investments and treatments hold out promise of 
        making progress against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For example, a 
        recent study in Uganda demonstrated that a new drug could 
        prevent almost one-half of the HIV transmissions from mothers 
        to infants, at a fraction of the cost of other treatments.
            (8) Making progress against HIV/AIDS requires a global 
        commitment, with a leadership role from the United States.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Section 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for 
administering this part to make HIV/AIDS a priority in the foreign 
assistance program and to undertake a comprehensive, coordinated effort 
to combat HIV/AIDS. This effort shall include providing--
            ``(i) primary prevention and education;
            ``(ii) voluntary testing and counseling;
            ``(iii) medications to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS 
        from mother to child; and
            ``(iv) care for those living with HIV/AIDS.
    ``(B)(i) In addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President to 
carry out this paragraph $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, 
$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, 
$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005.
    ``(ii) Not less than 50 percent of funds made available each fiscal 
year under clause (i) shall be used to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 
sub-Saharan Africa.
    ``(iii) Funds appropriated under this subparagraph are authorized 
to remain available until expended.''.
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