datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
individuals worldwide each year. Ninety percent of 
malaria’s victims are in sub-Saharan Africa and 70 
percent of malaria’s victims are children under the 
age of 5. Additionally, hunger and malnutrition kill 
another 6 million individuals worldwide each year. 
‘‘(37) Assistance to combat HIV/AIDS must 
address the nutritional factors associated with the 
disease in order to be effective and sustainable. The 
World Food Program estimates that 6.4 million indi-
viduals affected by HIV will need nutritional support 
by 2008. 
‘‘(38) Women and girls continue to be vulner-
able to HIV, in large part, due to gender-based cul-
tural norms that leave many women and girls power-
less to negotiate social relationships. 
‘‘(39) Women make up 50 percent of individ-
uals infected with HIV worldwide. In sub-Saharan 
Africa, where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is most se-
vere, women make up 57 percent of individuals in-
fected with HIV, and 75 percent of young people in-
fected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are young 
women ages 15 to 24. 
‘‘(40) Women and girls are biologically, socially, 
and economically more vulnerable to HIV infection. 
Gender disparities in the rate of HIV infection are 
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the result of a number of factors, including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Cross-generational sex with older men 
who are more likely to be infected with HIV, 
and a lack of choice regarding when and whom 
to marry, leading to early marriages and high 
rates of child marriages with older men. About 
one-half of all adolescent females in sub-Saha-
ran Africa and two-thirds of adolescent females 
in Asia are married by age 18. 
‘‘(B) Studies show that married women 
and married and unmarried girls often are un-
able or find it difficult to negotiate the fre-
quency and timing of sexual intercourse, ensure 
their partner’s faithfulness, or insist on condom 
use. Under these circumstances, women often 
run the risk of being infected by husbands or 
male partners in societies where men in rela-
tionships have more than one partner. Behavior 
change is particularly important in societies in 
which this is a common practice. 
‘‘(C) Because young married women and 
girls are more likely to have unprotected sex 
and have more frequent sex than their unmar-
ried peers, and women and girls who are faith-
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ful to their spouses can be placed at risk of 
HIV/AIDS through a husband’s infidelity or 
prior infection, marriage is not always a guar-
antee against HIV infection, although it is a 
protective factor overall. 
‘‘(D) Social and economic inequalities 
based largely on gender limit access for women 
and girls to education and employment opportu-
nities and prevent them from asserting their in-
heritance and property rights. For many 
women, a lack of independent economic means 
combines with socio-cultural practices to sustain 
and exacerbate their fear of abandonment, evic-
tion, or ostracism from their homes and com-
munities and can leave many more women 
trapped within relationships where they are vul-
nerable to HIV infection. 
‘‘(E) A lack of educational opportunities 
for women and girls is linked to younger sexual 
debut, earlier childhood marriage, earlier child-
bearing, decreased child survival, worsening nu-
trition, and increased risk of HIV infection. 
‘‘(F) High rates of gender-based violence, 
rape, and sexual coercion within and outside 
marriage contribute to high rates of HIV infec-
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tion. According to the World Health Organiza-
tion, between one-sixth and three-quarters of 
women in various countries and settings have 
experienced some form of physical or sexual vio-
lence since the age of 15 within or outside of 
marriage. Women who are unable to protect 
themselves from such violence are often unable 
to protect themselves from being infected with 
HIV through forced sexual contact. 
‘‘(G) Fear of domestic violence and the 
continuing stigma and discrimination associated 
with HIV/AIDS prevent many women from ac-
cessing information about HIV/AIDS, getting 
tested, disclosing their HIV status, accessing 
services to prevent mother-to-child transmission 
of HIV, or receiving treatment and counseling 
even when they already know they have been in-
fected with HIV. 
‘‘(H) According to UNAIDS, the vulner-
ability of individuals involved in commercial sex 
acts to HIV infection is heightened by stig-
matization and marginalization, limited eco-
nomic options, limited access to health, social, 
and legal services, limited access to information 
and prevention means, gender-related dif-
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ferences and inequalities, sexual exploitation 
and trafficking, harmful or non-protective laws 
and policies, and exposure to risks associated 
with commercial sex acts, such as violence, sub-
stance abuse, and increased mobility. 
‘‘(I) Lack of access to basic HIV preven-
tion information and education and lack of co-
ordination with existing primary health care to 
reduce stigma and maximize coverage. 
‘‘(J) Lack of access to currently available 
female-controlled HIV prevention methods, such 
as the female condom, and lack of training on 
proper use of either male or female condoms. 
‘‘(K) High rates of other sexually trans-
mitted infections and complications during 
pregnancies and childbirth. 
‘‘(L) An absence of functioning legal 
frameworks to protect women and girls and, 
where such frameworks exist, the lack of ac-
countable and effective enforcement of such 
frameworks. 
‘‘(41) In addition to vulnerabilities to HIV in-
fection, women in sub-Saharan Africa face a 1-in-13 
chance of dying in childbirth compared to a 1-in-16 
chance in least-developed countries worldwide, a 1- 
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in-60 chance in developing countries, and a 1-in- 
4,100 chance in developed countries. 
‘‘(42) Due to these high maternal mortality 
rates and high HIV prevalence rates in certain coun-
tries, special attention is needed in these countries 
to help HIV-positive women safely deliver healthy 
babies and save women’s lives. 
‘‘(43) Unprotected sex within or outside of mar-
riage is the single greatest factor in the transmission 
of HIV worldwide and is responsible for 80 percent 
of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa. 
‘‘(44) Multiple randomized controlled trials 
have established that male circumcision reduces a 
man’s risk of contracting HIV by 60 percent or 
more. Twelve acceptability studies have found that 
in regions of sub-Saharan Africa where circumcision 
is not traditionally practiced, a majority of men 
want the procedure. Broader availability of male cir-
cumcision services could prevent millions of HIV in-
fections not only in men but also in their female 
partners. 
‘‘(45)(A) Youth also face particular challenges 
in receiving services for HIV/AIDS. 
‘‘(B) Nearly one-half of all orphans who have 
lost one parent and two-thirds of those who have lost 
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both parents are ages 12 to 17. These orphans are 
in particular need of services to protect themselves 
against sexually-transmitted infections, including 
HIV. 
‘‘(C) Research indicates that many youth ben-
efit from full disclosure of medically accurate, age- 
appropriate information about abstinence, partner 
reduction, and condoms. Providing comprehensive 
information about HIV, including delay of sexual 
debut and the ABC model: ‘Abstain, Be faithful, use 
Condoms’, and linking such information to health 
care can help improve awareness of safe sex prac-
tices and address the fact that only 1 in 3 young 
men and 1 in 5 young women ages 15 to 24 can cor-
rectly identify ways to prevent HIV infection. 
‘‘(D) Surveys indicate that no country has suc-
ceeded in fully educating more than one-half of its 
youth about the prevention and transmission of 
HIV. 
‘‘(46) According to the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), HIV/AIDS 
prevalence rates among refugees are generally lower 
than the HIV/AIDS prevalence rates for their host 
communities, though perceptions run counter to this 
fact. However, peacekeeping operations that no 
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tions, a 0.1 percent prevalence rate, and 32,000 
deaths; 
‘‘(D) in Eastern and Central Europe, there 
were 1.6 million adults and children infected 
with HIV, up from 630,000 in 2001, with 
150,000 new HIV infections, a 0.9 percent 
prevalence rate, and 55,000 deaths; and 
‘‘(E) in the Caribbean, there were 230,000 
adults and children infected with HIV, up from 
190,000 in 2001, with 17,000 new HIV infec-
tions, a 1 percent prevalence rate, and 11,000 
deaths. 
‘‘(34) Tuberculosis is the number one killer of 
individuals with HIV/AIDS and is responsible for up 
to one-half of HIV/AIDS deaths in Africa. 
‘‘(35) The wide extent of drug resistant tuber-
culosis, including both multi-drug resistant tuber-
culosis (MDR–TB) and extensively drug resistant 
tuberculosis (XDR–TB), driven by the HIV/AIDS 
pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, has hampered both 
HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis treatment services. The 
World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the 
prevalence of tuberculosis to be at emergency levels 
in sub-Saharan Africa. 
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‘‘(B) FACTORS
TO
BE
CONSIDERED.—In 
prescribing the weight and the composition of 
the 5-cent coin, the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(i) factors relevant to the potential 
impact of any revisions to the weight and 
composition of the material on the current 
coin suppliers; 
‘‘(ii) factors relevant to the accept-
ability of new coinage materials, including 
the effect on vending machines and com-
mercial coin processing equipment and 
making certain, to the greatest extent 
practicable, that any new coins work with-
out interruption in existing coin acceptance 
equipment without modification; and 
‘‘(iii) such other factors that the Sec-
retary, in consultation with merchants who 
would be affected by any change in the 
weight and composition of the 5-cent coin, 
vending machine and other coin acceptor 
manufacturers, vending machine owners 
and operators, transit officials, municipal 
parking officials, depository institutions, 
coin and currency handlers, armored-car 
operators, car wash operators, and Amer-
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2664 
To require annual oral testimony before the Financial Services Committee 
of the Chairperson or a designee of the Chairperson of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, 
and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to their 
efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2009 
Mr. LEE of New York (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. CASTLE, and Mr. PUTNAM) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require annual oral testimony before the Financial Serv-
ices Committee of the Chairperson or a designee of the 
Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Pub-
lic Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to 
their efforts to promote transparency in financial report-
ing. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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was referred. All points of order against the resolu-
tion (and against consideration of the resolution) are 
waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House 
of Representatives and is privileged in the Senate 
and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the resolution is agreed to, the respective House 
shall immediately proceed to consideration of the 
joint resolution without intervening motion, order, or 
other business, and the resolution shall remain the 
unfinished business of the respective House until 
disposed of. 
(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debat-
able motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 
resolution is not in order. A motion further to limit 
debate is in order and not debatable. A motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the 
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V 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2671 
To authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise 
endorsement for the vessel M/V GEYSIR. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2009 
Mr. HIMES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel 
M/V GEYSIR. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COASTWISE ENDORSEMENT RESTORED. 
Notwithstanding sections 12112 and 12132 of title 
46, United States Code, the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certifi-
cate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for 
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resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to is not in order. 
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the 
debate on a resolution described in subsection (a) 
and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the de-
bate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the 
resolution shall occur. 
(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the rules of the Senate 
or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, 
to the procedure relating to a resolution described in 
subsection (a) shall be decided without debate. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 
(1) If, before the passage by one House of a 
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), 
that House receives from the other House a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a), then the following 
procedures shall apply: 
(A) The resolution of the other House shall 
not be referred to a committee and may not be 
considered in the House receiving it except in 
the case of final passage as provided in sub-
paragraph (B)(ii). 
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‘‘(b) COVERED MEMBERS.—A member described in 
this subsection is any member— 
‘‘(1) whose name is on the temporary disability 
retired list as of the effective date of the implemen-
tation of the enhanced Department of Veterans Af-
fairs disability compensation system (as determined 
in accordance with section 206 of the Noble Warrior 
Act); and 
‘‘(2)(A) whose disability qualifying the member 
for placement on the temporary disability retired list 
is determined after such effective date by the Sec-
retary concerned, based on accepted medical prin-
ciples, to be of a permanent nature and stable; or 
‘‘(B) whose disability is considered after such 
effective date by the Secretary concerned to be of a 
permanent nature and stable after five years of the 
placement of the member’s name on the temporary 
disability retired list in accordance with section 
1210(b) of this title. 
‘‘(c) TIMING OF ELECTION.—A member eligible to 
make an election under subsection (a) by reason of a de-
termination under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 
(b)(2) shall make such election, if at all, during such pe-
riod after the date of the determination as the Secretary 
of Defense shall prescribe for purposes of this section. 
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(E) by redesignating subclause (X) (as re-
designated by subparagraph (B) of this para-
graph) as subclause (XII); 
(F) by inserting after subclause (IX) (as 
redesignated by subparagraph (B) and amended 
by subparagraph (D) of this paragraph) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(X) Working, in partnership with 
host countries in which the HIV/AIDS epi-
demic is prevalent among injection drug 
users, to establish, as a national priority, 
national HIV/AIDS prevention programs, 
including education, and services dem-
onstrated to be effective in reducing the 
transmission of HIV infection among injec-
tion drug users without increasing drug 
use. 
‘‘(XI) Working, in partnership with 
host countries in which the HIV/AIDS epi-
demic is prevalent among individuals in-
volved in commercial sex acts, to establish, 
as a national priority, national prevention 
programs, including education, voluntary 
testing, and counseling, and referral sys-
tems that link HIV/AIDS programs with 
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the M/V GEYSIR (United States official number 
622178). 
Æ 
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ignate the Chair or Vice Chair of the House of Rep-
resentatives delegation of the United States group. 
The Chair or Vice Chair shall be a Member of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) SENATE.—The President Pro Tempore of 
the Senate shall designate the Chair or Vice Chair 
of the Senate delegation of the United States group. 
The Chair or Vice Chair shall be a Member of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $100,000 for each fiscal year to assist 
in meeting the expenses of the United States group. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION.—Half of the amount appro-
priated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be 
for the House of Representatives delegation and half 
of such amount shall be for the Senate delegation. 
(3) DISBURSEMENT.—The House and Senate 
portions of such amount shall be disbursed on 
vouchers to be approved by the Chair of the House 
delegation and the Chair of the Senate delegation, 
respectively. 
(f) CERTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—The certifi-
cate of the Chair of the House of Representatives delega-
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‘‘(iii) CONTINUING
DISCUSSIONS.— 
The approval of a withdrawal request 
under clause (ii) shall not be construed as 
precluding any party to the covered trans-
action from continuing informal discus-
sions with the Committee or any Com-
mittee member regarding possible resub-
mission for review pursuant to this para-
graph. 
‘‘(D) UNILATERAL
INITIATION
OF
RE-
VIEW.—The President, the Committee, or any 
member of the Committee may move to initiate 
a review under subparagraph (A) of— 
‘‘(i) any covered transaction; 
‘‘(ii) any covered transaction that has 
previously been reviewed or investigated 
under this section, if any party to the 
transaction submitted false or misleading 
material information to the Committee in 
connection with the review or investigation 
or omitted material information, including 
material documents, from information sub-
mitted to the Committee; or 
‘‘(iii) any covered transaction that has 
previously been reviewed or investigated 
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ignated for public use during public hours on Federal 
lands. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL PERMIT AND FEE FOR FILM CREWS OF 5 
PERSONS OR FEWER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section (1)(a) of Public Law 106– 
206 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6d) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; 
(2) striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 
paragraph (3), the Secretary of the Interior’’; 
(3) inserting ‘‘(2) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—’’ 
before ‘‘The Secretary may include other factors’’; 
and 
(4) adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR FILM CREWS OF 5 
PERSONS OR FEWER.— 
‘‘(A) For any film crew of 5 persons or 
fewer, the Secretary shall require a permit and 
assess an annual fee of $200 for commercial 
filming activities or similar projects on Federal 
lands administered by the Secretary. The per-
mit shall be valid for commercial filming activi-
ties or similar projects that occur in areas des-
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ignated for public use during public hours on 
all Federal lands administered by the Secretary 
for a 12-month period beginning on the date of 
issuance of the permit. 
‘‘(B) For persons holding a permit de-
scribed in this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
not assess, during the effective period of the 
permit, any additional fee for commercial film-
ing activities and similar projects that occur in 
areas designated for public use during public 
hours on Federal lands administered by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘film 
crew’ includes all persons present on Federal 
land under the Secretary’s jurisdiction who are 
associated with the production of a certain 
film.’’. 
(b) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Section (1)(b) of Public 
Law 106–206 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6d) is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘collect any costs’’ and inserting 
‘‘recover any costs’’; and 
(2) striking ‘‘similar project’’ and inserting 
‘‘similar projects’’. 
Æ 
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