[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 1230 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1230

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to focus American efforts on 
      HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2001

Mr. Frist (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) 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 Public Health Service Act to focus American efforts on 
      HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries.

    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 Leadership in Developing the 
Expanded Response Act'' or the ``GLIDER Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``TITLE XXVIII--PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES IN 
                          DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

``SEC. 2801. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this title to focus American efforts on HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries, through--
            ``(1) the promotion and expansion of primary prevention 
        efforts;
            ``(2) the improvement of clinic-, community- and home-based 
        care and treatment;
            ``(3) the provision of assistance for capacity and 
        infrastructure development; and
            ``(4) the provision of assistance to those individuals who 
        are affected by such diseases such as AIDS orphans and 
        families.

   ``Subtitle A--General Authorities of the Departments of State and 
                       Health and Human Services.

``SEC. 2811. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE AND HEALTH 
              AND HUMAN SERVICES.

    ``(a) In General.--In carrying out this title, the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
may--
            ``(1) establish and maintain effective partnerships with 
        multi-lateral entities, foreign governments, Federal agencies, 
        non-governmental entities (faith-based and secular), government 
        officials, universities, community-based organizations, and 
        other national or international entities, including the 
        leveraging of resources of partnering organizations and 
        nations, to--
                    ``(A) promote and expand primary prevention efforts 
                with respect to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria;
                    ``(B) improve clinic-, community- and home-based 
                care and treatment for HIV/AIDS and the resulting 
                opportunistic infections, tuberculosis, and malaria;
                    ``(C) assist with capacity and infrastructure 
                development;
                    ``(D) provide support for individuals affected by 
                (but not infected with) HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
                malaria; and
                    ``(E) carry out other activities determined to be 
                appropriate by the Secretary of State and Secretary of 
                Health and Human Services;
            ``(2) devise a means by which to coordinate the activities 
        of the Department of State and the Department of Health and 
        Human Services in--
                    ``(A) national program development and 
                implementation;
                    ``(B) those countries receiving assistance; and
                    ``(C) local initiatives;
            ``(3) establish and maintain a GLIDER task force, to be 
        composed of representatives from the Departments of State, 
        Health and Human Services, Labor, Treasury, and Defense--
                    ``(A) that may--
                            ``(i) provide advice generally about 
                        policies and future actions with respect to 
                        HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria;
                            ``(ii) establish priorities for programs 
                        addressing the global crises of HIV/AIDS, 
                        tuberculosis, and malaria;
                            ``(iii) provide advice to the President 
                        with respect to activities to carry out the 
                        purposes of the GLIDER Act; or
                            ``(iv) serve as a liaison between the 
                        programs established under this title and the 
                        programs established under the Global HIV/AIDS 
                        and Health Fund and other multilateral efforts, 
                        as requested by the President; and
                    ``(B) whose composition shall--
                            ``(i) be determined and formalized pursuant 
                        to regulations promulgated jointly by the 
                        Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health 
                        and Human Services within 6 months of the date 
                        of enactment of this title; and
                            ``(ii) include an equal number of 
                        representatives from the Department of State 
                        and the Department of Health and Human 
                        Services;
            ``(4) coordinate the implementation of this title with 
        foreign governments in order to--
                    ``(A) ensure that sustainable, culturally 
                appropriate, effective programs are integrated into 
                other health initiatives and are consistent with 
                national plans for development as described in 
                paragraph (4);
                    ``(B) prevent duplicative efforts or competing 
                projects; and
                    ``(C) improve the approaches, tools, and systems 
                available;
            ``(5) determine the foreign countries that should receive 
        assistance under this title based on factors such as--
                    ``(A) the magnitude of the existing disease burden 
                of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria or the potential 
                for increased infections in such country;
                    ``(B) the anticipated receptiveness of a country to 
                the receipt of assistance under this title;
                    ``(C) the history of each country's commitment to 
                fighting such infectious diseases; and
                    ``(D) other factors determined appropriate by the 
                Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services;
            ``(6) assist in the design of flexible, large scale, 
        national programs (where feasible) that are--
                    ``(A) specific to each of the foreign countries 
                that receive assistance under this title; and
                    ``(B) based on an examination of the contribution 
                of other organizations in the response, including 
                existing and ongoing programs, in such country; and
            ``(7) carry out other activities as determined appropriate 
        by the Secretary of State and Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services.
    ``(b) Database.--In carrying out the purpose of this title, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall establish and maintain a database that--
            ``(1) contains contact information for all Federal 
        Government employees who are working overseas under the 
        authority of this title or for the purpose of addressing HIV/
        AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria;
            ``(2) includes information on all projects undertaken by 
        Federal Government employees or through grants provided by, or 
        in cooperation with, the Federal government, with respect to 
        HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria;
            ``(3) is updated on a continuing basis;
            ``(4) incorporates any additional information, and may be 
        used for any additional purpose, as determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services, in order to maintain accountability and awareness of 
        Federal Government activity under this title; and
            ``(5) ensures that information in the database is made 
        available to advise the Department of Treasury in carrying out 
        its duties under this title.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this title shall be 
construed to prevent the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services from continuing or expanding existing initiatives as 
determined appropriate by the respective Secretary.

``SEC. 2812. OTHER GENERAL AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
              HUMAN SERVICES.

    ``(a) Relation to Other Federal Activities.--The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall prescribe appropriate procedures to ensure the coordination of 
activities under this subtitle with other activities of the United 
States Government in each foreign country, under the leadership of the 
chief of the United States diplomatic mission.
    ``(b) General Authority of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to 
design and implement the Paul Coverdell Health Care Corps under 
subtitle C.
    ``(c) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.--In carrying out 
the purposes of this title, the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, after receiving approval from the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, may provide assistance relating to--
            ``(1) primary prevention services targeting HIV/AIDS, 
        tuberculosis, and malaria through--
                    ``(A) activities to prevent sexually transmitted 
                infections, including voluntary counseling and testing;
                    ``(B) the provision of care, treatment, and patient 
                management services for sexually transmitted infections 
                and sexually transmitted infection management services;
                    ``(C) the development and implementation of 
                behavioral interventions for youth and other vulnerable 
                groups;
                    ``(D) the promotion and development of public-
                private partnerships;
                    ``(E) the implementation of programs to reduce 
                mother to child HIV/AIDS transmission;
                    ``(F) the provision of vector-borne disease control 
                programs; and
                    ``(G) the provision of services to limit exposure 
                to pathogens;
            ``(2) the development of surveillance systems and 
        infrastructure with respect to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
        malaria by--
                    ``(A) providing HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted 
                infections, tuberculosis, and malaria surveillance;
                    ``(B) providing laboratory support;
                    ``(C) monitoring and evaluating programs and 
                policies;
                    ``(D) providing assistance with training and 
                information management; and
                    ``(E) sharing effective practices for preventing 
                the spread of such infectious diseases; and
            ``(3) care and support for those affected by (but not 
        infected with) HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria; and
            ``(4) other activities determined to be appropriate by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(d) Health Resources and Services Administration.--In carrying 
out the purposes of this title, the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration may--
            ``(1) provide appropriate services to assist foreign 
        countries or areas in developing their own public health 
        infrastructure and in training health care providers to address 
        HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria;
            ``(2) provide care, support, and treatment services with 
        respect to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by providing--
                    ``(A) tuberculosis and malaria prevention and care 
                services;
                    ``(B) care and treatment services for opportunistic 
                infections related to HIV/AIDS infection; and
                    ``(C) palliative and hospice HIV/AIDS care; and
            ``(3) carry out other activities determined to be 
        appropriate by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
    ``(e) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.--
            ``(1) Study.--The Director of the Agency for Healthcare 
        Research and Quality after receiving approval from the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with 
        appropriate entities, may conduct an ongoing study, using 
        methods appropriate to the analysis of HIV infection in 
        developing countries, to determine--
                    ``(A) the impact of expenditures for treatments of 
                HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by foreign 
                countries that receive assistance under this title; and
                    ``(B) other information determined appropriate by 
                the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            ``(2) Report.--The Director of the Agency for Healthcare 
        Research and Quality may prepare and submit to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress a report that contains the results of 
        the study conducted under paragraph (1).
    ``(f) National Institutes of Health.--In carrying out the purposes 
of this title, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, after 
receiving approval from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
may--
            ``(1) promote and expand primary prevention efforts with 
        respect to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by investing in 
        vaccine and microbicide research; and
            ``(2) carry out other activities determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
    ``(g) Food and Drug Administration.--In carrying out the purposes 
of this title, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, after receiving 
approval from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may--
            ``(1) promote and expand primary prevention through blood 
        safety and diagnostic testing capabilities; and
            ``(2) carry out other activities as determined appropriate 
        by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

  ``Subtitle B--General Authorities of the Departments of Defense and 
                                 Labor

``SEC. 2821. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

    ``(a) In General.--In order to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS within 
the armed services of foreign countries, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, may--
            ``(1) establish and maintain effective partnerships with 
        the armed services of foreign countries in order to assist such 
        countries in--
                    ``(A) establishing HIV/AIDS specific policies;
                    ``(B) adopting and providing HIV prevention 
                programs;
                    ``(C) training military personnel to implement, 
                maintain, and evaluate HIV/AIDS programs;
                    ``(D) providing information and training to address 
                high-risk HIV attitudes and behaviors among military 
                personnel; and
                    ``(E) integrating and using other Federal 
                Government, allied nation, and United Nations programs;
            ``(2) determine the foreign countries that should receive 
        assistance under this section based on factors such as--
                    ``(A) the magnitude of the existing disease burden 
                of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria or the potential 
                for increased infections, in such country;
                    ``(B) the anticipated receptiveness of the country 
                to the receipt of assistance under this subtitle;
                    ``(C) the history of each country's commitment to 
                fighting such infectious diseases; and
                    ``(D) other factors determined appropriate by the 
                Secretary of Defense; and
            ``(3) carry out other activities as determined appropriate 
        by the Secretary of Defense.
    ``(b) Relation to Other Federal Activities.--The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall prescribe 
appropriate procedures to ensure the coordination of activities under 
this section with other activities of the United States Government in 
each foreign country.

``SEC. 2822. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.

    ``(a) In General.--In carrying out the purposes of this title, the 
Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, may--
            ``(1) implement workplace HIV/AIDS prevention and education 
        programs that are targeted at--
                    ``(A) the urbanized, formal sector workforce;
                    ``(B) the reduction of transmission among workers 
                and their families through the maximization of the 
                dissemination of accurate information about HIV/AIDS 
                and prevention methodologies, with a focus on the issue 
                of behavioral responsibility;
                    ``(C) the reduction of ignorance, fear, and 
                discrimination in the workplace; and
                    ``(D) the creation of supportive workplace 
                environments for those individuals living with HIV/
                AIDS;
            ``(2) carry out activities to strengthen collaboration 
        among governments, business, and labor leaders to respond to 
        the HIV/AIDS pandemic;
            ``(3) determine the foreign countries that should receive 
        assistance under this section based on factors such as--
                    ``(A) the magnitude of the existing disease burden 
                of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria or the potential 
                for increased infections, in such country;
                    ``(B) the anticipated receptiveness of a country to 
                the receipt of assistance under this subtitle;
                    ``(C) the history of each country's commitment to 
                fighting such infectious diseases; and
                    ``(D) other factors determined appropriate by the 
                Secretary of Labor; and
            ``(4) carry out other activities as determined appropriate 
        by the Secretary of Labor.
    ``(b) Relation to Other Federal Activities.--The Secretary of 
Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall prescribe 
appropriate procedures to ensure the coordination of activities under 
this section with other activities of the United States Government in 
each foreign country, under the leadership of the chief of the United 
States diplomatic mission.

             ``Subtitle C--Paul Coverdell Health Care Corps

``SEC. 2831. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subtitle:
            ``(1) Appropriate services.--The term `appropriate 
        services' means services that an eligible participant may 
        provide at an appropriate site, including--
                    ``(A) health care educational training for 
                individuals living within the foreign country or area 
                served by the participant;
                    ``(B) basic health care services for those affected 
                or infected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria and 
                living within the foreign country or area receiving 
                assistance under this title (as provided for under 
                section 2811(a)(2)); and
                    ``(C) other services determined to be appropriate 
                by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Appropriate site.--The term `appropriate site' means 
        a location--
                    ``(A) that is administered by--
                            ``(i) the Federal Government;
                            ``(ii) a non-governmental organization 
                        (faith-based or secular);
                            ``(iii) a university;
                            ``(iv) a community-based organization;
                            ``(v) a foreign government; or
                            ``(vi) a multilateral entity; or
                    ``(B) that is determined by the Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services to be in need of trained health care 
                professionals.
            ``(3) Corps.--The term `Corps' means the Paul Coverdell 
        Health Care Corps established under this subtitle.
            ``(4) Eligible participant.--The term `eligible 
        participant' means--
                    ``(A) a citizen or national of the United States 
                who is a trained health care professional and who meets 
                the educational and licensure requirements necessary to 
                be such a professional, such as a physician, nurse, 
                nurse practitioner, physician assistant, laboratory 
                technician, pharmacist, or other individual determined 
                to be appropriate by the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) an individual who has not been a Federal 
                employee for the 12-month period prior to the 
                enrollment of such individual in the Corps under 
                section 2833.
            ``(5) Participant.--The term `participant' means an 
        eligible participant who is enrolled in the Corps under section 
        2833(b)(1).
            ``(6) Period of service.--The term `period of service' 
        means a period of not more than 24 consecutive months in any 5-
        year period, during which an eligible participant is 
        participating in the Paul Coverdell Health Care Corps. A 
        participant may, at the discretion of the Secretary, apply for 
        an extension of the period of service for up to 6 months, but 
        in no case shall the period of service exceed 30 months in any 
        66-month period. The period of service shall not include any 
        period in which a participant is receiving training under 
        section 2834(a).

``SEC. 2832. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this subtitle to establish the Paul 
Coverdell Health Care Corps and to permit the Secretary to make 
available to foreign countries determined to be eligible under section 
2811(a)(2) men and women of the United States eligible for service 
abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, 
for an appropriate period of service as defined in section 2831(5), to 
help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for 
trained health care professionals to care for those infected and 
affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria, particularly in meeting 
the basic health care needs of those living in the poorest areas of 
such countries.

``SEC. 2833. ESTABLISHMENT AND ENROLLMENT.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish the Paul 
Coverdell Health Care Corps to carry out the purpose of section 2832.
    ``(b) Enrollment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may enroll eligible 
        participants in the Corps for service abroad.
            ``(2) Terms and conditions.--With respect to the enrollment 
        of an eligible participant in the Corps under paragraph (1), 
        the terms and conditions of the enrollment, training, 
        compensation, hours of work, benefits, leave, termination, and 
        all other terms and conditions of the service of such 
        participant shall be exclusively those set forth in this 
        subtitle and those consistent therewith which the Secretary may 
        prescribe.
            ``(3) Oath.--Upon enrollment in the Corps, every 
        participant shall take the oath prescribed for persons 
        appointed to any office of honor or profit by section 3331 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
            ``(4) Not officer or employee.--Except as otherwise 
        provided for in this subtitle, a participant shall not be 
        deemed an officer or employee, or otherwise in the service or 
        employment of, or holding office under, the United States for 
        any purpose.
    ``(c) Termination.--The service of a participant may be terminated 
at any time at the pleasure of the Secretary.

``SEC. 2834. TRAINING, ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND OTHER PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Appropriate Training Programs.--The Secretary shall make 
available appropriate training programs for participants enrolled under 
section 2833(b) to assist such participants in performing the duties of 
their service.
    ``(b) Living Allowances, Travel, Leave, and Related Items.--
            ``(1) In general.--A participant shall be provided with 
        such living, travel, and leave allowances, and such housing, 
        transportation, supplies, equipment, subsistence, and clothing 
        as the Secretary may determine to be necessary for his or her 
        maintenance and to ensure his or her health and capacity to 
        serve effectively.
            ``(2) Supplies or equipment.--Supplies or equipment 
        provided to a participant to ensure his or her capacity to 
        serve effectively may be transferred to the government or to 
        other entities of the foreign country or area with which he or 
        she has been serving, when no longer necessary for such 
        purpose, and when such transfers would further the purposes of 
        this subtitle.
            ``(3) Transportation and travel.--Transportation and travel 
        allowances may be provided in such circumstances as the 
        Secretary may determine, for eligible participants who apply 
        for enrollment, to or from places of training and places of 
        enrollment, and for former participants from places of 
        termination to their homes in the United States.
    ``(c) Readjustment Allowances.--
            ``(1) In general.--A participant shall be entitled to 
        receive a readjustment allowance at a rate not less than $225 
        for each month of satisfactory service in the Corps as 
        determined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Time payable.--The readjustment allowance of each 
        participant shall be payable on his or her return to the United 
        States, except that under such circumstances as the Secretary 
        may determine, the accrued readjustment allowance, or any part 
        thereof, may be paid to the participant, members of his or her 
        family or others, during the period of his or her service, or 
        prior to his or her return to the United States.
            ``(3) Death of participant.--In the event of the death of a 
        participant during the period of his or her service, the amount 
        of any unpaid readjustment allowance under this subsection 
        shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 
        5582(b) of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(4) Internal revenue code.--For purposes of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986, a participant shall be deemed to be paid 
        and to receive each amount of a readjustment allowance to which 
        he or she is entitled.
    ``(d) Health Care.--
            ``(1) In general.--A participant shall receive such health 
        care during his or her service, an eligible participant 
        applying for enrollment under section 2833(b)(1) shall receive 
        such health examinations preparatory to his or her service, an 
        applicant for enrollment who has accepted an invitation to 
        begin a period of training under subsection (a) shall receive 
        such immunization and dental care preparatory to his or her 
        service, and a former participant shall receive such health 
        examinations within six months after termination of his or her 
        service, as the Secretary may deem necessary or appropriate.
            ``(2) Facilities.--Subject to such conditions as the 
        Secretary may prescribe, the health care described in paragraph 
        (1) may be provided in any facility of any agency of the United 
        States Government, and in such cases the appropriation for 
        maintaining and operating such facility shall be reimbursed 
        from appropriations available under this title.
            ``(3) Limitation.--Health care may not be provided under 
        this subsection in a manner inconsistent with the Assisted 
        Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14401 et 
        seq.).
    ``(e) Retirement and Other Credits.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any period of satisfactory service of a 
        participant under this subtitle shall be credited in connection 
        with subsequent employment in the same manner as a like period 
        of civilian employment by the United States Government--
                    ``(A) for the purposes of section 816(a) of the 
                Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4056(a)) and 
                every other Act establishing a retirement system for 
                civilian employees of any United States Government 
                agency; and
                    ``(B) except as otherwise determined by the 
                Secretary, for the purposes of determining seniority, 
                reduction in force, and layoff rights, leave 
                entitlement, and other rights and privileges based upon 
                length of service under the laws administered by the 
                Office of Personnel Management, the Foreign Service Act 
                of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), and every other Act 
                establishing or governing terms and conditions of 
                service of civilian employees of the United States 
                Government, except that service of a participant shall 
                not be credited toward completion of any probationary 
                or trial period or completion of any service 
                requirement for career appointment.
            ``(2) Rate for certain participants.--For the purposes of 
        paragraph (1)(A), participants shall be deemed to be receiving 
        compensation during their service at the respective rates of 
        readjustment allowances payable under subsection (c)(1).
    ``(f) Allowances and Expenses of Minor Children.--The minor 
children of a participant who are living with the participant may 
receive--
            ``(1) such living, travel, education, and leave allowances, 
        such housing, transportation, subsistence, and essential 
        special items of clothing as the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate;
            ``(2) such health care, including health care following the 
        participant's service for illness or injury incurred during 
        such service, and health and accident insurance, as the 
        Secretary may determine and upon such terms as the Secretary 
        may determine, including health care in any facility referred 
        to in subsection (d)(2), subject to such conditions as the 
        Secretary may prescribe and subject to reimbursement of 
        appropriations as provided for in such subsection (d);
            ``(3) such orientation, language, and other training 
        necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subtitle as the 
        Secretary may determine; and
            ``(4) the benefits of subsection (i) on the same basis as a 
        participant.
    ``(g) Moving Expenses.--The costs of packing and unpacking, 
transportation to and from a place of storage, and storing the 
furniture and household and personal effects of a participant and 
family (as applicable) at the time of his or her entering a period of 
pre-enrollment training may be paid from the date of his or her 
departure from his or her place of residence to enter training until 
not later than 3 months after termination of his or her service.
    ``(h) Tort Claims; Absentee Voting; Contributions for 
Transportation of Baggage; Check Cashing and Currency Exchange; Claims 
for Overpayment; Passport Fees.--A participant shall be deemed to be an 
employee of the United States Government for the purposes of the 
Federal Tort Claims Act and any other Federal tort liability statute, 
section 3342 of title 31, United States Code, section 5732 and section 
5584 of title 5, United States Code (and readjustment allowances paid 
under this Act shall be considered as pay for purposes of such section 
and section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214)).
    ``(i) Legal Expenses.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
counsel may be employed and counsel fees, court costs, bail, and other 
expenses incident to the defense of a participant may be paid in 
foreign judicial or administrative proceedings to which a participant 
has been made a party.
    ``(j) Counseling Programs for Returning Participants.--In order to 
ensure that the skills and experience which former participants have 
derived from their training and their service abroad are best utilized 
in the national interest, the Secretary may, in cooperation with 
agencies of the United States, private employers, educational 
institutions and other entities of the United States, undertake 
programs under which participants would be counseled with respect to 
opportunities for further education and employment.

``SEC. 2835. RELATION TO OTHER FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall prescribe appropriate procedures to 
ensure the coordination of Corps activities with other activities of 
the United States Government in each foreign country, under the 
leadership of the chief of the United States diplomatic mission.

                 ``Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Provisions

``SEC. 2841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006, to 
        enable the Secretary of State to carry out this title;
            ``(2) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006, to 
        enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out 
        this title;
            ``(3) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006, to 
        enable the Secretary of Labor to carry out this title; and
            ``(4) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006, to 
        enable the Secretary of Defense to carry out this title.''.

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

    Section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2194) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Pilot Health Care Delivery Infrastructure Development 
Program.--
            ``(1) Authority for pilot program.--In order to study the 
        feasibility and desirability of a program to assist countries 
        with a high disease burden of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or 
        malaria to respond to this disease burden by developing a 
        health care delivery infrastructure, the Corporation is 
        authorized to establish a 5-year pilot program under which the 
        Corporation may issue investment insurance or investment 
        guaranties, provide for direct investment or investment 
        encouragement, or carry out special projects and programs for 
        eligible investors to assist such countries in the development 
        of the health care delivery infrastructure.
            ``(2) Project limitations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Assistance under the 
                demonstration program under paragraph (1) shall be 
                limited to those areas that are receiving assistance 
                from the Department of State or the Department of 
                Health and Human Services for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, 
                or malaria programs.
                    ``(B) Additional criteria.--In making 
                determinations of eligibility under this subsection, 
                the Corporation shall give preferential consideration 
                to projects sponsored by or significantly involving 
                United States small businesses or cooperatives.
            ``(3) Implementation.--To the extent provided for in 
        advance in appropriations Acts, the Corporation is authorized 
        to create such legal mechanisms as may be necessary for the 
        implementation of its authorities under this subsection. Such 
        legal mechanisms may be deemed non-Federal borrowers for 
        purposes of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 
        et seq.).
            ``(4) Report to congress.--The Corporation shall annually 
        prepare and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
        Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 
        concerning the implementation of the program under this 
        subsection and the health care delivery infrastructure 
        developed under such program.''.

SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be 
construed to--
            (1) prevent the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
        Defense, or the Secretary of the Treasury from continuing or 
        expanding existing initiatives as determined to be appropriate 
        by the respective Secretary;
            (2) infringe upon the powers or functions of the Secretary 
        of State;
            (3) infringe upon the powers or functions of the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services;
            (4) infringe upon the powers or functions of the Secretary 
        of Labor;
            (5) infringe upon the powers or functions of the Secretary 
        of Defense; or
            (6) infringe upon the powers or functions of the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.
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