S.Amdt. 677

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   Inserted: SEC. . POLICY TO INCREASE FUNDING TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS AND FOR OTHER INTERNATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--(1) The National Security Strategy of the United States, dated September 17, 2002, states that "[t]he scale of the public health crisis in poor countries is enormous. In countries afflicted by epidemics and pandemics . . . growth and development will be threatened until these scourges can be contained."

   Inserted: (2) The United States Agency for International Development concluded that "Global health issues have global consequences that not only affect the people of developing nations but also directly affect the interests of American citizens."

   Inserted: (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that "[i]n today's global environment, new diseases have the potential to spread across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection and action more important than ever."

   Inserted: (4) The President's Fiscal Year 2004 budget request for the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, which is the principle source of funds for building public health capacity in developing countries, would cut the Fund by $124,313,000 (not including programs to combat HIV/AIDS which are cut by an additional $86,030,000) below the Fiscal Year 2003 enacted level.

   Inserted: (5) Within the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, the President's Fiscal Year 2004 budget request would cut funding to protect vulnerable children by 63%; to combat infectious diseases (other than HIV/AIDS) by 32%; to improve child nutrition and maternal health by 12%; and to support family planning and reproductive health by 5%.

   Inserted: (6) These programs save the lives of millions of women and children each year, help prevent dangerous infectious diseases from spreading to the United States, build goodwill towards the United States, and alleviate conditions that can contribute to international terrorism.

   Inserted: (7) Building public health capacity in developing countries by improving children's health, material and reproductive health, and combating other infectious diseases is an essential component of an effective global strategy to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.

   Inserted: (b) Policy.--For each of the Fiscal Years 2004 through 2008, the President should request and the Congress should appropriate $3,000,000,000 to carry out this Act and an amount that exceeds the amount appropriated in the previous fiscal year for the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, including for programs to protect vulnerable children, to combat other infectious diseases, to improve disease surveillance and combat drug resistance, to improve child nutrition and maternal health, and to support family planning and reproductive health.

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