[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2203 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2203

   To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2004

  Mr. Corzine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Government of India has estimated that 4,580,000 
        people in India are infected with the human immunodeficiency 
        virus (``HIV'') and cases of individuals with the acquired 
        immune deficiency syndrome (``AIDS'') have been reported in 
        almost all the states and union territories of India.
            (2) The effort to combat the HIV and AIDS epidemic in India 
        has reached a critical point, as the epidemic is spreading 
        rapidly from urban to rural areas and from high-risk groups to 
        the general population.
            (3) Political leaders, public health officials, non-
        governmental organizations, and medical and scientific 
        communities in India have taken important steps to combat HIV 
        and AIDS in that country, but assistance from the United States 
        is urgently needed to enhance such efforts.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the addition of India as a country for which the 
        Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat 
        HIV/AIDS Globally has responsibilities under section 
        1(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
        Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII)) should not 
        decrease the amount of funding the Coordinator makes available 
        for assistance to any other such country;
            (2) the United States should continue to increase the 
        number of countries eligible to receive assistance from the 
        United States to combat HIV and AIDS; and
            (3) the United States should increase the total amount of 
        assistance available to combat HIV and AIDS.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN INDIA.

    Section 1(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII)) is further 
amended by inserting ``India,'' after ``Haiti,''.
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