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 12 2 STA T . 2 94 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 29 3—J UL Y 30, 200 8SEC.204 . C OMBATINGH I V/ AI D S , T U BE R CU L OSIS, AND MALARIA B Y STRENGTHENING HEALTH P OLICIES AND HEALTH SYS - TEMS O F PARTNER COUNTRIES. (a)INGE NE RAL.—Title II of t h e Un ite dS tate sL eade r shi pAg ainst H I V/ AI D S , T ub er c ulosis, and M alaria Act of 20 0 3 (22 U.S. C . 76 2 1 )isa m ended b y adding at the end the follo w ing

‘SEC. 204. COMBATING HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA BY STRENGTHENING HEALTH POLICIES AND HEALTH SYS- TEMS OF PARTNER COUNTRIES. ‘ ‘(a) S T ATE M ENT OFP OL ICY .—It shall be the policy of the United States Go v ernment— ‘‘(1) to invest appropriate resources authori z ed under this Act— ‘‘(A) to carry out activities to strengthen HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria health policies and health sys - tems and ‘‘( B ) to provide wor k force training and capacity- building consistent with the goals and ob j ectives of this Act; and ‘‘(2) to support the development of a sound policy environ- ment in partner countries to increase the ability of such coun- tries— ‘‘(A) to ma x imize utilization of health care resources from donor countries; ‘‘(B) to increase national investments in health and education and maximize the effectiveness of such invest- ments; ‘‘(C) to improve national HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria strategies; ‘‘(D) to deliver evidence-based services in an effective and efficient manner; and ‘‘( E ) to reduce barriers that prevent recipients of serv- ices from achieving maximum benefit from such services. ‘‘(b) A S SISTANCE TO IM P RO V EP UB LIC F INANCE MANA G EMENT SYSTEMS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the authority under sec- tion 12 9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 21 5 2), the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the head of the O ffice of Technical Assistance, is authorized to provide assistance for advisors and partner country finance, health, and other relevant ministries to improve the effectiveness of public finance management systems in partner countries to enable such countries to receive funding to carry out programs to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria and to manage such programs. ‘‘(2) AUT H ORI Z ATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4 01 for HIV/AIDS assistance, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec- retary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out this subsection. ‘‘(c) PLAN R E Q UIRE D .—The Global AIDS Coordinator, in collaboration with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall develop and imple- ment a plan to combat HIV/AIDS by strengthening health policies and health systems of partner countries as part of USAID ’ s ‘Health 2 2 USC76 2 3.

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