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(4) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
Act may be construed to substitute for, or reduce re-
sources provided under any other law for bilateral
and multilateral HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and ma-
laria programs.
SEC. 203. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
VACCINE FUNDS.
(a) VACCINE FUND.—Section 302(k) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2222(k)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2003 and $70,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunizations’’ and inserting ‘‘Vaccine Fund’’.
(b) INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE.—Sec-
tion 302(l) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2222(l)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2003 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004’’.
(c) MALARIA VACCINE INITIATIVE OF THE PROGRAM
FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH (PATH).—
Section 302 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2222)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
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‘‘(m) In addition to amounts otherwise available under
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
President $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 and
$6,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 to be available only for
United States contributions to the Malaria Vaccine Initia-
tive of the Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health
(PATH).’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect October 1, 2002.
TITLE III—MULTILATERAL
EFFORTS
SEC. 301. IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENHANCED HIPC INITIA-
TIVE.
(a) AMENDMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS ACT.—Title XVI of the International Finan-
cial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262p–262p–5) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 1625. IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENHANCED HIPC INITIA-
TIVE.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—In order to ensure that the En-
hanced HIPC Initiative achieves the objective of substan-
tially increasing resources available for human development
and poverty reduction in heavily indebted poor countries,
the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and requested
to conclude as soon as possible an agreement within the
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Paris Club of Official Creditors, as well as the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank),
the International Monetary Fund, and other appropriate
multilateral development institutions to accomplish the
modifications in the Enhanced HIPC Initiative described
in subsection (b).
‘‘(b) AGREEMENT.—The agreement referred to in sub-
section (a) is an agreement that provides the following:
‘‘(1) LEVEL OF EXPORTS AND REVENUES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of debt
stock reduction approved for a country eligible
for debt relief under the Enhanced HIPC Initia-
tive shall be sufficient to reduce, for at least each
of the first 3 years after date of enactment of this
section or the Decision Point, whichever is
later—
‘‘(i) the net present value of the out-
standing public and publicly guaranteed
debt of the country to not more than 150
percent of the annual value of exports of the
country for the year preceding the Decision
Point; and
‘‘(ii) the annual payments due on such
public and publicly guaranteed debt to not
more than 10 percent or, in the case of a
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country suffering a public health crisis (as
defined in subsection (c)), not more than 5
percent, of the amount of the annual cur-
rent revenues received by the country from
internal sources.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In financing the objec-
tives of the Enhanced HIPC Initiative, an inter-
national financial institution shall give priority
to using its own resources.
‘‘(2) RELATION TO POVERTY AND THE ENVIRON-
MENT.—The debt cancellation under the Enhanced
HIPC Initiative shall not be conditioned on any
agreement by an impoverished country to implement
or comply with policies that deepen poverty or de-
grade the environment, including any policy that—
‘‘(A) implements or extends user fees on pri-
mary education or primary health care, includ-
ing prevention and treatment efforts for HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and infant, child,
and maternal well-being;
‘‘(B) provides for increased cost recovery
from poor people to finance basic public services
such as education, health care, clean water, or
sanitation;
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‘‘(C) reduces the country’s minimum wage
to a level of less than $2 per day or undermines
workers’ ability to exercise effectively their inter-
nationally recognized worker rights, as defined
under section 526(e) of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1995 (22 U.S.C. 262p–4p); or
‘‘(D) promotes unsustainable extraction of
resources or results in reduced budget support for
environmental programs.
‘‘(3) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT POLICIES.—A coun-
try shall not be eligible for cancellation of debt under
the Enhanced HIPC Initiative if the government of
the country—
‘‘(A) has repeatedly provided support for
acts of international terrorism, as determined by
the Secretary of State under section 6(j)(1) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2405(j)(1)) or section 620A(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a));
and
‘‘(B) engages in a consistent pattern of
gross violations of internationally recognized
human rights (including its military or other se-
curity forces).
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‘‘(4) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, TUBER-
CULOSIS, AND MALARIA.—A country that is otherwise
eligible to receive cancellation of debt under the En-
hanced HIPC Initiative may receive such cancellation
only if the country has agreed—
‘‘(A) in the case of a country suffering a
public health crisis (as defined in subsection (c)),
to ensure that, where practicable, 10 to 20 per-
cent of the financial benefits of debt cancellation
are applied to programs to combat HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis, and malaria in that country;
‘‘(B) to ensure that the financial benefits of
debt cancellation are applied to programs to
combat poverty (in particular through concrete
measures to improve basic services in education,
nutrition, and health), and to redress environ-
mental degradation;
‘‘(C) to ensure that the financial benefits of
debt cancellation are in addition to the govern-
ment’s total spending on programs to combat
HIV/AIDS and poverty reduction for the pre-
vious year or the average total of such expendi-
tures for the previous 3 years, whichever is great-
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‘‘(D) 
to 
implement 
transparent 
and
participatory policymaking and budget proce-
dures, 
good 
governance, 
and 
effective
anticorruption measures; and
‘‘(E) to broaden public participation and
popular understanding of the principles and
goals of poverty reduction.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COUNTRY
SUFFERING
A
PUBLIC
HEALTH
CRISIS.—The term ‘country suffering a public health
crisis’ means—
‘‘(A) a country in which HIV/AIDS, tuber-
culosis, or malaria is causing significant family,
community, or societal disruption; and
‘‘(B) a country that has rapidly rising rates
of incidence of at least one of such diseases that
is likely to lead to conditions described in sub-
paragraph (A).
‘‘(2) DECISION
POINT.—The term ‘Decision
Point’ means the date on which the executive boards
of the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund review the debt sustainability analysis for a
country and determine that the country is eligible for
debt relief under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative.
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‘‘(3) ENHANCED
HIPC
INITIATIVE.—The term
‘Enhanced HIPC Initiative’ means the multilateral
debt initiative for heavily indebted poor countries
presented in the Report of G–7 Finance Ministers on
the Cologne Debt Initiative to the Cologne Economic
Summit, Cologne, June 18–20, 1999.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the President such sums as may be nec-
essary for the fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year
thereafter to carry out section 1625 of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act, as added by sub-
section (a).
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
SEC. 302. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVE-
MENTS TO THE ENHANCED HIPC INITIATIVE.
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report describing the progress made in concluding
an agreement under section 1625(b) of the International Fi-
nancial Institutions Act (as added by section 301 of this
Act) to modify the Enhanced HIPC Initiative.
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(b) SUBSEQUENT REPORT.—Not later than one year
after the date of submission of the initial report under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report describ-
ing the actions taken by countries to satisfy the conditions
set forth in the agreement referred to in subsection (a).
TITLE IV—BILATERAL EFFORTS
Subtitle A—General Assistance and
Programs
SEC. 401. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS.
(a) AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT
OF 1961.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 104(c) (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)), by
striking paragraphs (4) through (7); and
(2) by inserting after section 104 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 104A. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS.
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes that the alarming
spread of HIV/AIDS in countries in sub-Saharan Africa
and other developing countries is a major global health, na-
tional security, and humanitarian crisis.
‘‘(b) POLICY.—It is a major objective of the foreign as-
sistance program of the United States to provide assistance
for the prevention, treatment, and control of HIV/AIDS.
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The United States and other developed countries should pro-
vide assistance to countries in sub-Saharan Africa and
other countries and areas to control this crisis through HIV/
AIDS prevention, treatment, monitoring, and related ac-
tivities, particularly activities focused on women and
youth, including strategies to prevent mother-to-child trans-
mission of the HIV infection.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with section
104(c), the President is authorized to furnish assist-
ance, on such terms and conditions as the President
may determine, to prevent, treat, and monitor HIV/
AIDS, and carry out related activities, in countries
in sub-Saharan Africa and other countries and areas.
‘‘(2) ROLE OF NGOS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the President should provide an appropriate level
of assistance under paragraph (1) through nongovern-
mental organizations in countries in sub-Saharan Af-
rica and other countries and areas affected by the
HIV/AIDS pandemic.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE EFFORTS.—
The President shall coordinate the provision of assist-
ance under paragraph (1) with the provision of re-
lated assistance by the Joint United Nations Pro-
gramme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Na-
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tions Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health
Organization (WHO), the United Nations Develop-
ment Programme (UNDP), the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and other appro-
priate international organizations (such as the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development),
relevant regional multilateral development institu-
tions, national, state, and local governments of for-
eign countries, appropriate governmental and non-
governmental organizations, and relevant Executive
branch agencies.
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance provided
under subsection (c) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be used to carry out the following activities:
‘‘(1) PREVENTION.—Prevention of HIV/AIDS
through activities including—
‘‘(A) education, voluntary testing, and
counseling (including the incorporation of con-
fidentiality protections with respect to such test-
ing and counseling), including integration of
such programs into health programs and the in-
clusion in counseling programs of information
on methods of preventing transmission of the
HIV infection, including delaying sexual debut,
abstinence, 
reduction 
of 
casual 
sexual
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partnering, and, where appropriate, the use of
condoms;
‘‘(B) assistance for the purpose of pre-
venting mother-to-child transmission of the HIV
infection, including medications to prevent such
transmission and access to infant formula and
other alternatives for infant feeding;
‘‘(C) assistance to ensure a safe blood sup-
ply, to provide—
‘‘(i) post-exposure prophylaxis to vic-
tims of rape and sexual assault and in
cases of occupational exposure of health care
workers; and
‘‘(ii) necessary commodities, including
test kits, pharmaceuticals, and condoms;
‘‘(D) assistance through nongovernmental
organizations, including faith-based organiza-
tions, particularly those organizations that uti-
lize both professionals and volunteers with ap-
propriate skills and experience, to establish and
implement culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS
education and prevention programs;
‘‘(E) research on microbicides which prevent
the spread of HIV/AIDS; and
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‘‘(F) bulk purchases of available prevention
technologies for women and for appropriate pro-
gram support for the introduction and distribu-
tion of these technologies, as well as education
and training on the use of the technologies.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—The treatment and care of
individuals with HIV/AIDS, including—
‘‘(A) assistance to establish and implement
programs to strengthen and broaden indigenous
health care delivery systems and the capacity of
such systems to deliver HIV/AIDS pharma-
ceuticals and otherwise provide for the treatment
of individuals with HIV/AIDS, including clin-
ical training for indigenous organizations and
health care providers;
‘‘(B) assistance to strengthen and expand
hospice and palliative care programs to assist
patients debilitated by HIV/AIDS, their families,
and the primary caregivers of such patients, in-
cluding programs that utilize faith-based and
community-based organizations; and
‘‘(C) assistance for the purpose of the care
and treatment of individuals with HIV/AIDS
through the provision of pharmaceuticals, includ-
ing antiretrovirals and other pharmaceuticals
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and therapies for the treatment of opportunistic
infections, nutritional support, and other treat-
ment modalities.
‘‘(3) MONITORING.—The monitoring of pro-
grams, projects, and activities carried out pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (2), including—
‘‘(A) monitoring to ensure that adequate
controls are established and implemented to pro-
vide HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other ap-
propriate medicines to poor individuals with
HIV/AIDS; and
‘‘(B) appropriate evaluation and surveil-
lance activities.
‘‘(4) PHARMACEUTICALS.—
‘‘(A) PROCUREMENT.—The procurement of
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals, antiviral therapies,
and other appropriate medicines, including
medicines to treat opportunistic infections.
‘‘(B) MECHANISMS FOR QUALITY CONTROL
AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY.—Mechanisms to en-
sure that such HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals,
antiretroviral therapies, and other appropriate
medicines are quality-controlled and sustainably
supplied.
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‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTION.—The distribution of
such 
HIV/AIDS 
pharmaceuticals, 
antiviral
therapies, and other appropriate medicines (in-
cluding medicines to treat opportunistic infec-
tions) to qualified national, regional, or local or-
ganizations for the treatment of individuals with
HIV/AIDS in accordance with appropriate HIV/
AIDS testing and monitoring requirements and
treatment protocols and for the prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of the HIV infec-
tion.
‘‘(5) RELATED ACTIVITIES.—The conduct of re-
lated activities, including—
‘‘(A) the care and support of children who
are orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, in-
cluding services designed to care for orphaned
children in a family environment which rely on
extended family members;
‘‘(B) improved infrastructure and institu-
tional capacity to develop and manage edu-
cation, prevention, and treatment programs, in-
cluding training and the resources to collect and
maintain accurate HIV surveillance data to tar-
get programs and measure the effectiveness of
interventions;
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‘‘(C) vaccine research and development
partnership programs with specific plans of ac-
tion to develop a safe, effective, accessible, pre-
ventive HIV vaccine for use throughout the
world; and
‘‘(D) the development and expansion of fi-
nancially sustainable microfinance institutions
and other income generation programs that
strengthen the economic and social viability of
communities afflicted by the HIV/AIDS pan-
demic, including support for the savings and
productive capacity of affected poor households
caring for orphans.
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31
of each year, the President shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives a report on the implementation of
this section for the prior fiscal year.
‘‘(2) REPORT
ELEMENTS.—Each report shall
include—
‘‘(A) a description of efforts made to imple-
ment the policies set forth in this section;
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‘‘(B) a description of the programs estab-
lished pursuant to this section; and
‘‘(C) a detailed assessment of the impact of
programs established pursuant to this section,
including—
‘‘(i) the effectiveness of such programs
in reducing the spread of the HIV infection,
particularly in women and girls, in reduc-
ing mother-to-child transmission of the HIV
infection, and in reducing mortality rates
from HIV/AIDS; and
‘‘(ii) the progress made toward im-
proving health care delivery systems (in-
cluding the training of adequate numbers of
staff) and infrastructure to ensure increased
access to care and treatment.
‘‘(f) FUNDING LIMITATION.—Of the funds made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year, not more
than 7 percent may be used for the administrative expenses
of the United States Agency for International Development
in support of activities described in this section. Such
amount shall be in addition to other amounts otherwise
available for such purposes.
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) AIDS.—The term ‘AIDS’ means acquired
immune deficiency syndrome.
‘‘(2) HIV.—The term ‘HIV’ means the human
immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that causes
AIDS.
‘‘(3) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘HIV/AIDS’ means,
with respect to an individual, an individual who is
infected with HIV or living with AIDS.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to funds available
under section 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)) for such purpose or under
any other provision of that Act, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the President $800,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2003 and $900,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 to carry out section 104A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a).
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
(3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—
(A) RESEARCH ON MICROBICIDES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated by para-
graph (1) for the fiscal years 2003 and 2004,
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 and
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SEC. 403. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT MALARIA.
(a) AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT
OF 1961.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), as amended by sections
401 and 402 of this Act, is further amended by inserting
after section 104B the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 104C. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT MALARIA.
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that malaria kills more
people annually than any other communicable disease ex-
cept tuberculosis, that more than 90 percent of all malaria
cases are in sub-Saharan Africa, and that children and
women are particularly at risk. Congress recognizes that
there are cost-effective tools to decrease the spread of ma-
laria and that malaria is a curable disease if promptly di-
agnosed and adequately treated.
‘‘(b) POLICY.—It is a major objective of the foreign as-
sistance program of the United States to provide assistance
for the prevention, control, and cure of malaria.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION.—To carry out this section and
consistent with section 104(c), the President is authorized
to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as the
President may determine, for the prevention, treatment,
control, and elimination of malaria.
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the
President shall coordinate with the World Health Organiza-
tion, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and
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Malaria, the Department of Health and Human Services
(the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
National Institutes of Health), and other organizations
with respect to the development and implementation of a
comprehensive malaria control program.
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than January 31 of
each year, the President shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives specifying the increases in the number of people
treated and the increases in number of malaria patients
cured through each program, project, or activity receiving
United States foreign assistance for malaria control pur-
poses.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to funds available
under section 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)) for such purpose or under
any other provision of that Act, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the President $70,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2003 and $80,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 to carry out section 104C of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a).
‘‘(B) any tax-exempt use property (as de-
fined in section 168(h) and modified by para-
graph (3)),
‘‘(C) any tax-exempt bond financed prop-
erty (as defined in section 168(g)(5)),
‘‘(D) any imported property covered by an
Executive order under section 168(g)(6), and
‘‘(E) any property to which the taxpayer
makes an election to have this subsection apply
in accordance with procedures described in sec-
tion 168(g)(7),
which is placed in service after December 31, 2001,
the depreciation deduction provided by section
167(a) shall be determined under the alternative de-
preciation system of section 168(g) as modified by
paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) MODIFICATIONS TO ALTERNATIVE DEPRE-
CIATION SYSTEM.—For purposes of applying the al-
ternative depreciation system of section 168(g) to
property described in paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) RECOVERY PERIOD FOR HIGH PRO-
DUCTIVITY
PROPERTY.—Subparagraph (C) of
section 168(g)(3) shall apply by substituting
‘high productivity property (as defined in sec-
‘‘(3) Rent-to-own dealers often fail to disclose
key terms of rent-to-own contracts, and engage in
unfair collection practices.
‘‘(4) Of primary significance, rent-to-own deal-
ers do not provide customers with the protections af-
forded purchasers in retail installment sales under
State and Federal laws, and often charge excessive
fees and interest rates.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are the
following:
‘‘(1) Provide consumers in rent-to-own trans-
actions the range of protections provided under
State and Federal laws to individuals that acquire
goods in other consumer credit sales, while recog-
nizing and preserving consumers’ unilateral right to
terminate.
‘‘(2) Require rent-to-own contracts, and tags
affixed to items available for acquisition in rent-to-
own transactions, to disclose material terms of those
transactions.
‘‘(3) Prohibit rent-to-own dealers and collection
agents hired by those dealers from engaging in abu-
sive collection practices.