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 PUBLIC LAW 108–25—MAY 27, 2003

117 STAT. 717

die.’ In an age of miraculous medicines, no person should have to hear those words. AIDS can be prevented. Anti-retroviral drugs can extend life for many years * * * Ladies and gentlemen, seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.’’. (28) Finally, the President stated that ‘‘[w]e have confronted, and will continue to confront, HIV/AIDS in our own country’’, proposing now that the United States should lead the world in sparing innocent people from a plague of nature, and asking Congress ‘‘to commit $15,000,000,000 over the next five years, including nearly $10,000,000,000 in new money, to turn the tide against AIDS in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean’’. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

22 USC 7602.

In this Act: (1) AIDS.—The term ‘‘AIDS’’ means the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. (3) GLOBAL FUND.—The term ‘‘Global Fund’’ means the public-private partnership known as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to Article 80 of the Swiss Civil Code. (4) HIV.—The term ‘‘HIV’’ means the human immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that causes AIDS. (5) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘‘HIV/AIDS’’ means, with respect to an individual, an individual who is infected with HIV or living with AIDS. (6) RELEVANT EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘relevant executive branch agencies’’ means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and any other department or agency of the United States that participates in international HIV/AIDS activities pursuant to the authorities of such department or agency or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. SEC. 4. PURPOSE.

22 USC 7603.

The purpose of this Act is to strengthen United States leadership and the effectiveness of the United States response to certain global infectious diseases by— (1) establishing a comprehensive, integrated five-year, global strategy to fight HIV/AIDS that encompasses a plan for phased expansion of critical programs and improved coordination among relevant executive branch agencies and between the United States and foreign governments and international organizations; (2) providing increased resources for multilateral efforts to fight HIV/AIDS; (3) providing increased resources for United States bilateral efforts, particularly for technical assistance and training, to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria; (4) encouraging the expansion of private sector efforts and expanding public-private sector partnerships to combat HIV/ AIDS; and

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