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Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 671.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 11, 2000

Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 - Title I: Assistance to Countries With Large Populations Having HIV-AIDS - Global AIDS Research and Relief Act of 2000 - Sets forth the purposes of this Act, including to: (1) prevent human suffering; and (2) ensure the viability of economic development, stability, and national security in the developing world by advancing research to understand the causes associated with HIV-AIDS in developing countries and assist in the development of an AIDS vaccine.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the agency responsible for administering this Act should make the prevention and control of HIV-AIDS a priority in the foreign assistance program for developing foreign countries.Directs the President to enter into negotiations with foreign government officials and other interested parties to establish an international vaccine purchase fund that would accept contributions from governments to purchase and distribute in developing countries vaccines for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and any infectious disease which causes the deaths of over one million people worldwide each year and be a significant market incentive for private sector vaccine research.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) or the International Development Association (IDA), and with their member nations and other interested parties, for the creation of two trust funds which would accept contributions from governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental entities to: (1) address the AIDS epidemic in countries eligible to borrow from the IDA; and (2) provide support for or the establishment of programs which provide primary and secondary education for orphans in sub-Saharan Africa.Directs the President to coordinate the development of a multidonor strategy to provide for the support and education of AIDS orphans and the families, communities, and institutions most affected by the HIV-AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the United States to ensure that classroom training under the African Crisis Response Initiative includes military-based education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS.Title II: International Tuberculosis Control - International Tuberculosis Control Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise requirements for assistance for health programs in developing countries to declare that Congress recognizes: (1) the growing international problem of tuberculosis; and (2) that the means exist to control and treat it, and that it is therefore a major objective of the foreign assistance program to control the disease.Declares that Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for administering this Act to: (1) coordinate with the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations toward the development and implementation of a comprehensive tuberculosis control program; and (2) set as a goal the detection of at least 70 percent of the cases of infectious tuberculosis, and the cure of at least 85 percent of the cases detected, in those countries in which the agency has established development programs, by December 31, 2010.

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Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R–NC

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    1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 671.

    2. Committee on Foreign Relations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Helms. With written report No. 106-336.

    3. Committee on Foreign Relations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Helms. With written report No. 106-336.

    4. Introduced in Senate

    5. Committee on Foreign Relations ordered to be reported an original measure.

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