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 114 STAT. 758 PUBLIC LAW 106-264—AUG. 19, 2000 CHAPTER 3—UNITED STATES FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION 22 USC 6841. 22 USC 6842. International Tuberculosis control Act of 2000. 22 USC 2151 note. 22 USC 2151b note. SEC. 141. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated for multilateral or bilateral programs related to HIV/AJDS or economic development, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 for pa3anent to the Trust Fund. (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. — Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) for the fiscal years 2001 and 2002, $50,000,000 are authorized to be available each such fiscal year only for programs that benefit orphans. SEC. 142. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. (a) IN GENERAL. —Prior to the initial obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated pursuant to section 141, the Secretary of the Treasury shall certify that adequate procedures and standards have been established to ensure accountability for and monitoring of the use of funds contributed to the Trust Fund, including the cost of administering the Trust Fund. (b) TRANSMITTAL OF CERTIFICATION. —The certification required by subsection (a), and the bases for that certification, shall be submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress. TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "International Tuberculosis Control Act of 2000". SEC. 202. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Since the development of antibiotics in the 1950s, tuberculosis has been largely controlled in the United States and the Western World. (2) Due to societal factors, including growing urban decay, inadequate health care systems, persistent poverty, overcrowding, and malnutrition, as well as medical factors, including the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the emergence of multidrug resistant strains of tuberculosis, tuberculosis has again become a leading and growing cause of adult deaths in the developing world. (3) According to the World Health Organization— (A) in 1998, about 1,860,000 people worldwide died of tuberculosis-related illnesses; (B) one-third of the world's total population is infected with tuberculosis; and (C) tuberculosis is the world's leading killer of women between 15 and 44 years old and is a leading cause of children becoming orphans. (4) Because of the ease of transmission of tuberculosis, its international persistence and growth pose a direct public

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