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

Expresses 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 should not decrease funding to any other country; (2) the United States should continue to increase the number of countries eligible to receive U.S. assistance to combat HIV and AIDS; and (3) the United States should increase assistance to combat HIV and AIDS.

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include India among those countries for which the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally has program responsibilities.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4449 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4449

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

Ms. Lee (for herself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Crowley, 
 Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Brown of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
     which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in the Republic of 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 the Republic 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/AIDS pandemic in India has 
        reached a critical point, as HIV/AIDS 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/
        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 to the list of countries for 
        which the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to 
        Combat HIV/AIDS Globally is responsible 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)) for the 
        approval of all activities of the United States (including 
        funding) relating to combatting HIV/AIDS should not decrease 
        the amount of funding made available for assistance to any 
        other country under such section for such purpose;
            (2) the United States should continue to increase the 
        number of countries eligible to receive assistance from the 
        United States to combat HIV/AIDS; and
            (3) the United States should increase the total amount of 
        assistance available to combat HIV/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 amended 
by inserting after ``Haiti,'' the following: ``India,''.
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