bilize health institutions by encouraging critical 
personnel to remain in their home countries. 
SEC. 102. HIV/AIDS RESPONSE COORDINATOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—Section 1 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 265(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by adding after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) HIV/AIDS RESPONSE COORDINATOR.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the 
Department of State a Coordinator of United States 
Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Glob-
ally, who shall be appointed by the President. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Coordinator shall 
have primary responsibility for the oversight 
and coordination of all international activities of 
the United States Government to combat the 
HIV/AIDS pandemic, including all programs, 
projects, and activities of the United States 
Government relating to the HIV/AIDS pan-
demic under the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
Act of 2003 or any amendment made by that 
Act. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The duties of the 
Coordinator shall specifically include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Ensuring program and policy co-
ordination among the relevant executive 
branch agencies. 
‘‘(ii) Ensuring that each relevant ex-
ecutive branch agency undertakes pro-
grams primarily in those areas where the 
agency has the greatest expertise, technical 
capabilities, and potential for success. 
‘‘(iii) Avoiding duplication of effort. 
‘‘(iv) Ensuring coordination of rel-
evant executive branch agency activities in 
the field. 
‘‘(v) Pursuing coordination with other 
countries and international organizations. 
‘‘(vi) Resolving policy, program, and 
funding disputes among the relevant execu-
tive branch agencies.’’. 
(b) FIRST COORDINATOR.—The President may des-
ignate the incumbent Special Representative of the Sec-
retary of State for HIV/AIDS as of the date of enactment
of this Act as the first Coordinator of United States Gov-
ernment Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally. 
(c) RESOURCES.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President shall identify 
the necessary financial and personnel resources that would 
be assigned to the HIV/AIDS Response Coordinator to es-
tablish and maintain the duties and supporting activities 
assigned to the Coordinator by this Act. 
TITLE II—SUPPORT FOR MULTI-
LATERAL FUNDS, PROGRAMS, 
AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PART-
NERSHIPS 
SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PART-
NERSHIPS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Innovative partnerships between govern-
ments and organizations in the private sector (in-
cluding foundations, universities, corporations, faith-
based and community-based organizations, and other 
nongovernmental organizations) have proliferated in 
recent years, particularly in the area of health. 
(2) Public-private sector partnerships multiply 
local and international capacities to strengthen the 
delivery of health services in developing countries
and to accelerate research for vaccines and other 
pharmaceutical products that are essential to combat 
infectious diseases decimating the populations of 
these countries. 
(3) These partnerships maximize the unique ca-
pabilities of each sector while combining financial 
and other resources, scientific knowledge, and exper-
tise toward common goals which neither the public 
nor the private sector can achieve alone. 
(4) Sustaining existing public-private partner-
ships and building new ones are critical to the suc-
cess of the international community’s efforts to com-
bat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases around 
the globe. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) the sustainment and promotion of public-
private partnerships should be a priority element of 
the strategy pursued by the United States to combat 
the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other global health cri-
ses; and 
(2) the United States should systematically 
track the evolution of these partnerships and work 
with others in the public and private sector to profile 
and build upon those models that are most effective.
SEC. 202. PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT 
AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPA-
TION.—
(1) 
UNITED
STATES
PARTICIPATION.—The 
United States is hereby authorized to participate in 
the Global Fund. 
(2) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—The Global 
Fund shall be considered a public international orga-
nization for purposes of section 1 of the Inter-
national Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 
288). 
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for the duration of the Global Fund, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the Global Fund, including contribu-
tions pledged to, contributions (including donations from 
the private sector) received by, and projects funded by the 
Global Fund, and the mechanisms established for trans-
parency and accountability in the grant-making process. 
(c) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to any other funds authorized to be appro-
priated for bilateral or multilateral HIV/AIDS, tu-
berculosis, or malaria programs, of the amounts au-
through HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, monitoring, 
and related activities, particularly activities focused on 
women and youth, including strategies to protect women 
and prevent mother-to-child transmission of the HIV in-
fection. 
‘‘(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 Con-
gress that the President should provide an appro-
priate level of assistance under paragraph (1) 
through nongovernmental organizations in countries 
in sub-Saharan Africa and other countries and areas 
affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. 
‘‘(3) 
COORDINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
EF-
FORTS.—The President shall coordinate the provi-
sion of assistance under paragraph (1) with the pro-
vision of related assistance by the Joint United Na-
tions Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the 
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the