bodies, nongovernmental organizations, and civil so-
ciety;
(2) in the interim, accepting an immediate mor-
atorium on debt service payments and accrual of in-
terest on such debt owed by any such country;
(3) encouraging each such country and civil so-
ciety stakeholders to ensure that—
(A) the national HIV/AIDS strategic plan
is fully funded, and that a significant propor-
tion of the savings from debt cancellation is
used for the HIV/AIDS response and other
health priorities, as determined locally; and
(B) HIV/AIDS and infectious disease con-
trol strategies are based upon best practices, in-
cluding prevention, care, treatment, orphan re-
sponse, and accessibility to affordable drugs
and social and health infrastructure; and
(4) using the reserve accounts or net income of
the institution to offset the costs of any such debt
cancellation.
SEC. 3. OPPOSITION TO USER FEES FOR PRIMARY EDU-
CATION OR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Directors at at the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to oppose and vote against any
program of these institutions that would include user fees
or service charges for primary education or primary health
care, including prevention and treatment efforts for HIV/
AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and mater-
nal well-being.
SEC. 4. ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGIES.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
appropriate governmental agencies, nongovernmental or-
ganizations, and civil society, shall develop strategies to
counter corruption in the countries described in section
2.
SEC. 5. REPORTS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
to the Committees on Financial Services and on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
and on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written report
on all progress in debt cancellation efforts undertaken
pursuant to this Act and on the effects of the debt can-
cellation provided pursuant to this Act on funding for
HIV/AIDS programs, projects, activities (including any
vaccination approaches, health care delivery system infra-
structure development, HIV prevention education), and
the effectiveness of such programs, projects, and activities
in reducing the worldwide spread of HIV/AIDS. The re-
port should include recommendations for measures to en-
sure accountability in the use of the savings from such
debt cancellation.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) G–8 COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘G–8 coun-
tries’’ means the group consisting of France, Ger-
many, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United
States, Canada, Italy, and Russia established to fa-
cilitate economic cooperation among the 8 major
economic powers.
(2) HEAVILY
AFFECTED
BY
HIV/AIDS.—The
term ‘‘heavily affected by HIV/AIDS’’ means, with
respect to a country, that the country has an HIV/
AIDS incidence of at least 3 percent or the country
has declared a national health emergency related to
HIV/AIDS.
(3) HEAVILY
INDEBTED
POOR
COUNTRIES
(HIPC)
INITIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Heavily Indebted
Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative’’ means countries
that are eligible for consideration for highly
concessional assistance from the International Devel-
opment Association, and from the Poverty Reduction
and Growth Facility of the International Monetary
Fund.
(4) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘‘HIV/AIDS’’ means
infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Such term includes the acquired immune deficiency
syndrome.
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