An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 108-80 that would expresses the sense of Congress that African nations that object to U.S. food aid on non-scientific grounds should accept this food assistance to improve nutrition.

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   Inserted: (g) Sense of Congress Relating to Food Assistance for Individuals Living With HIV/AIDS.--

   Inserted: (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (A) The United States provides more than 60 percent of all food assistance worldwide.

   Inserted: (B) According to the United Nations World Food Program and other United Nations agencies, food insecurity of individuals infected or living with HIV/AIDS is a major problem in countries with large populations of such individuals, particularly in African countries.

   Inserted: (C) Although the United States is willing to provide food assistance to these countries in need, a few of the countries object to part or all of the assistance because of fears of benign genetic modifications to the foods.

   Inserted: (D) Healthy and nutritious foods for individuals infected or living with HIV/AIDS are an important complement to HIV/ AIDS medicines for such individuals.

   Inserted: (E) Individuals infected with HIV have higher nutritional requirements than individuals who are not infected with HIV, particularly with respect to the need for protein. Also, there is evidence to suggest that the full benefit of therapy to treat HIV/AIDS may not be achieved in individuals who are malnourished, particularly in pregnant and lactating women.

   Inserted: (2) Sense of congress.--It is therefore the sense of Congress that United States food assistance should be accepted by countries with large populations of individuals infected or living with HIV/AIDS, particularly African countries, in order to help feed such individuals.

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   Page 55, after line 10, insert the following:

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   Change 2: Replaces “The drug nevirapine reduces” with “Certain antiretroviral drugs reduce”

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   In H.R. 1298 · Reported in House

   (2) Mother-to-child transmission is largely preventable with the proper application of pharmaceuticals, therapies, and other public health interventions.

   (3) [struck: The drug nevirapine reduces][inserted: Certain antiretroviral drugs reduce] mother-to-child transmission by nearly 50 percent. Universal availability of this drug could prevent up to 400,000 infections per year and dramatically reduce the number of AIDS-related deaths.

   (4) At the United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001, the United States committed to the specific goals with respect to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, including the goals of reducing the proportion of infants infected with HIV by 20 percent by the year 2005 and by 50 percent by the year 2010, as specified in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at the Special Session.

   Original wording

   Page 69, line 19, strike “The drug nevirapine reduces” and insert “Certain antiretroviral drugs reduce”.

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