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 PUBLIC LAW 106-264—AUG. 19, 2000 114 STAT. 753 new sentence: "In addition, providing training and training facilities, in sub-Saharan Africa, for doctors and other health care providers, notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries.". SEC. 112. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR VAC- CINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —Section 302 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2222) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(k) In addition to amounts otherwise available under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the President $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to be available only for United States contributions to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. "(1) In addition to amounts otherwise available under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to be available only for United States contributions to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.". (b) REPORT. — At the close of fiscal year 2001, the President Deadline, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees President, on the effectiveness of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative during that fiscal year in meeting the goals of— (1) improving access to sustainable immunization services; (2) expanding the use of all existing, safe, and cost-effective vaccines where they address a public health problem; (3) accelerating the development and introduction of new vaccines and technologies; (4) accelerating research and development efforts for vaccines needed primarily in developing countries; and (5) making immunization coverage a centerpiece in international development efforts. (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED. —In subsection (b), the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. SEC. 113. COORDINATED DONOR STRATEGY FOR SUPPORT AND EDU- 22 USC 6811. CATION OF ORPHANS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.— I t is in the national interest of the United States to assist in mitigating the burden that will be placed on sub-Saharan African social, economic, and political institutions as these institutions struggle with the consequences of a dramatically increasing AIDS orphan population, many of whom are themselves infected by HIV and living with AIDS. Effectively addressing that burden and its consequences in sub-Saharan Africa will require a coordinated multidonor strategy. (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY. —The President shall coordi- President, nate 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.

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