[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 5084. Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kyl, 
Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Murkowski, and Mrs. Clinton) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 5076 proposed by Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Domenici) to the bill S. 2731, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide 
assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
malaria, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 4, line 8, strike ``and water'' and insert ``, 
     water, and health care''.
       On page 4, line 12, strike ``25 percent'' and insert ``18.5 
     percent''.
       On page 4, line 15, strike ``2.5 percent'' and insert ``1.5 
     percent''.
       On page 4, line 21, strike ``1 percent'' and insert ``0.5 
     percent''.
       On page 5, line 12, strike ``20 percent'' and insert ``15.5 
     percent''.
       On page 5, line 20, strike ``45 percent'' and insert ``50 
     percent''.
       On page 6, strike lines 7 through 17 and insert the 
     following:
       (3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
     through the Director of the Indian Health Service, shall use 
     12.5 percent to provide, directly or through contracts or 
     compacts with Indian tribes under the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et 
     seq.)--
       (A) contract health services;
       (B) construction, rehabilitation, and replacement of Indian 
     health facilities; and
       (C) domestic and community sanitation facilities serving 
     members of Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450b)) pursuant to section 7 of the Act of August 5, 
     1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a).
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  SA 5085. Mr. BIDEN (for Mr. Gregg) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 2731, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 
to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 77, line 2, strike ``and''
       On page 77, line 5, strike ``.''.'' and insert a semicolon.
       On page 77, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:
       ``(C) the inclusion of cost sharing assurances that meet 
     the requirements under section 110; and
       ``(D) the inclusion of transition strategies to ensure 
     sustainability of such programs and activities, including 
     health care systems, under other international donor support, 
     or budget support by respective foreign governments.''.
       On page 88, line 22, strike ``.''.'' and insert the 
     following: ``, including--
       ``(A) cost sharing assurances that meet the requirements 
     under section 110; and
       ``(B) transition strategies to ensure sustainability of 
     such programs and activities, including health care systems, 
     under other international donor support, or budget support by 
     respective foreign governments.''.
       On page 94, after line 25, add the following:
       ``(G) Amounts made available for compacts described in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be subject to the inclusion 
     of--
       ``(i) cost sharing assurances that meet the requirements 
     under section 110; and
       ``(ii) transition strategies to ensure sustainability of 
     such programs and activities, including health care systems, 
     under other international donor support, and budget support 
     by respective foreign governments.
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  SA 5086. Mr. BIDEN (for Mr. Vitter) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 2731, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 
to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 60, strike line 2.
       On page 60, line 12, strike the period at the end and 
     insert the following: ``; and
       (K) has established procedures providing access by the 
     Office of Inspector General of the Department of State and 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors, as cognizant Inspector 
     General, and the Inspector General of the Health and Human 
     Services and the Inspector General of the United States 
     Agency for International Development, to Global Fund 
     financial data, and other information relevant to United 
     States contributions (as determined by the Inspector General 
     in consultation with the Global AIDS Coordinator).
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  SA 5087. Mr. BIDEN (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2731, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year's 2009 
through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 20, line 13, strike ``and'' and all that follows 
     through ``(C)'' on line 14, and insert the following:
       ``(C) promoting universal precautions in formal and 
     informal health care settings;
       ``(D) educating the public to recognize and to avoid risks 
     to contract HIV through blood exposures during formal and 
     informal health care and cosmetic services;
       ``(E) investigating suspected nosocomial infections to 
     identify and stop further nosocomial transmission; and
       ``(F)
       On page 28, line 13, insert ``public education about risks 
     to acquire HIV infection from blood exposures, promotion of 
     universal precautions, investigation of suspected nosocomial 
     infections'' after ``safe blood supply,''.
       On page 102, line 21, strike ``and'' and all that follows 
     through ``(xii)'' on line 22, and insert the following:
       ``(xii) building capacity to identify, investigate, and 
     stop nosocomial transmission of infectious diseases, 
     including HIV and tuberculosis; and
       ``(xiii)''
       On page 132, between lines 12 and 13, insert ``public 
     education about risks to acquire HIV infection from blood 
     exposures, promoting universal precautions, investigating 
     suspected nosocomial infections,''.

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