‘‘(7) developing and evaluating the diffusion 
and effects of implementation strategies for use of 
effective topical microbicides. 
‘‘(b) PERSONNEL.—The Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention shall ensure that there are sufficient num-
bers of dedicated employees for carrying out the 
microbicide agenda under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Microbicide Develop-
ment Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, a 
report on the strategies being implemented by the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with re-
spect to microbicide research and development. Such 
report shall be submitted alone or as part of the 
overall Federal strategic plan on microbicides com-
piled annually by the National Institutes of Health 
Office of AIDS Research as required under section 
2351A. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Such report shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) a description of activities with respect 
to microbicides conducted or supported by the 
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Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; 
‘‘(B) a summary and analysis of the ex-
penditures made by such Director during the 
preceding year, for activities with respect to 
microbicide-specific research and development, 
including the number of employees of such Cen-
ters involved in such activities; 
‘‘(C) a description and evaluation of the 
progress made, during the preceding year, to-
ward the development of effective and accept-
able microbicides; and 
‘‘(D) a review of scientific and pro-
grammatic obstacles to expediting the commer-
cial availability of microbicide products. 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—For the purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for each fiscal year to carry out this section.’’. 
TITLE 
III—MICROBICIDE 
RE-
SEARCH 
AT 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES AGENCY FOR INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 301. MICROBICIDES FOR PREVENTING TRANSMISSION 
OF HIV AND OTHER DISEASES. 
Section 104A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151b–2) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) MICROBICIDES
FOR
PREVENTING
TRANS-
MISSION OF HIV AND OTHER DISEASES.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 
THE MICROBICIDE AGENDA.—The head of the Office 
of HIV/AIDS of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, in conjunction with other of-
fices of such Agency, shall develop and implement a 
program to support the development of microbicides 
products for the prevention of the transmission of 
HIV and other diseases, and facilitate wide-scale 
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availability of such products after such development. 
The program shall be known as the ‘microbicide 
agenda’ and shall include— 
‘‘(A) support for the discovery, develop-
ment, and preclinical evaluation of topical 
microbicides; 
‘‘(B) support for the conduct of clinical 
studies of candidate microbicides to assess the 
safety, acceptability, and effectiveness of such 
microbicides in reducing the transmission of 
HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases; 
‘‘(C) support for behavioral and social 
science research relevant to microbicide develop-
ment, testing, acceptability, and use; 
‘‘(D) support for preintroductory and in-
troductory 
studies 
of 
safe 
and 
effective 
microbicides in developing countries; and 
‘‘(E) facilitation of access to microbicides 
by women at highest risk of contracting HIV or 
other sexually transmitted diseases, at the ear-
liest possible time. 
‘‘(2) STAFFING.—The head of the Office of 
HIV/AIDS shall ensure that the Agency has a suffi-
cient number of dedicated employees to carry out the 
microbicide agenda. 
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‘‘(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the Microbicide 
Development Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Administrator of the Agency shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
the activities of the Administrator to carry out 
the microbicide agenda and on any other activi-
ties carried out by the Administrator related to 
microbicide research and development. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report 
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) a description of activities with re-
spect to microbicides conducted or sup-
ported by the Administrator; 
‘‘(ii) a summary and analysis of the 
expenditures made by the Administrator 
during the preceding year for activities 
with respect to microbicide-specific re-
search and development, including the 
number of employees of the Agency who 
are involved in such activities; 
‘‘(iii) a description and evaluation of 
the progress made during the preceding 
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