I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3826
To improve global health by increasing assistance to developing nations with
high levels of infectious disease and premature death, by improving
children’s and women’s health and nutrition, by reducing unintended
pregnancies, and by combating the spread of infectious diseases, particu-
larly HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 2, 2000
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOUGHTON,
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. MEEK
of Florida, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DELAHUNT,
Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. DELAURO, Mr.
BROWN of Ohio, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr.
WEXLER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr.
MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations
A BILL
To improve global health by increasing assistance to devel-
oping nations with high levels of infectious disease and
premature death, by improving children’s and women’s
health and nutrition, by reducing unintended preg-
nancies, and by combating the spread of infectious dis-
eases, particularly HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Health Act of
2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) More than 10,000,000 children under 5
years of age die each year in developing nations
from preventable causes, and more than 1⁄2 of these
deaths are due to 5 conditions: pneumonia, diarrhea,
malaria, malnutrition, and measles.
(2) Despite progress in making family planning
services available, more than 150,000,000 married
women in developing nations still want to space or
limit child bearing, but do not have access to mod-
ern contraceptives.
(3) According to the World Health Organiza-
tion, nearly 600,000 women die each year from com-
plications of pregnancy and childbirth, and another
18,000,000 women suffer pregnancy-related health
problems that can be permanently disabling.
(4) According to the World Health Organiza-
tion, 13,000,000 people die annually from infectious
diseases, most of which are preventable or curable,
and 6 diseases account for 90 percent of these
deaths: pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, measles, tu-
berculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS.
(5) HIV/AIDS has become the world’s leading
infectious disease threat, with 34,000,000 people in-
fected worldwide, and more than 16,000 new infec-
tions daily, of which 7,000 cases occur in people be-
tween the ages of 10 and 24.
SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH.
(a) EMPHASIS
ON DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
AND
PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO DISEASE OUTBREAKS.—
Section 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2151b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) Congress recognizes the growing threat
that infectious diseases and other global health prob-
lems pose to Americans and people everywhere. Ac-
cordingly, activities supported under this subsection
shall include activities to improve the capacity of de-
veloping nations to conduct disease surveillance and
prevention programs and to respond promptly and
effectively to disease outbreaks.’’.
(b) INCREASE IN FY 2001 USAID ASSISTANCE.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To
carry out the purposes of section 104 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b) for fiscal
year 2001, there is authorized to be appropriated, in
addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses, the following amounts for the following pur-
poses:
(A) The amount equal to the aggregate of
amounts made available for fiscal year 2000 to
carry out that section with respect to the health
and survival of children, the health and nutri-
tion of pregnant women and mothers, voluntary
family planning, combating HIV/AIDS, and the
prevention and control of infectious diseases
other than HIV/AIDS, to be used for such pur-
poses for fiscal year 2001.
(B) $1,000,000,000, to be available in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2).
(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount
authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1)(B)—
(A) $225,000,000 should be available for
the health and survival of children;
(B) $100,000,000 should be available for
the health and nutrition of pregnant women
and mothers;
(C) $200,000,000 should be available for
voluntary family planning;
(D) $275,000,000 should be available for
combating HIV/AIDS; and
(E) $200,000,000 should be available for
the prevention and control of infectious diseases
other than HIV/AIDS.
(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
(c) COORDINATION AMONG FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES.—It is the sense of Congress that the
President, acting through the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development, should co-
ordinate with the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, the National Institutes of Health, the Department
of State, the Department of Health and Human Services,
the Department of Defense, and other appropriate Federal
departments and agencies to ensure that United States
funds made available for the purposes described in para-
graph (1) are utilized effectively.
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