[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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