I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1269
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 28, 2001
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. KILPATRICK,
Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. MEEK
of Florida, Mr. FROST, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.
HILLIARD, Mr. WEXLER, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. BACA, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. DELAHUNT,
Mr. FRANK, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms.
WOOLSEY, Mr. FILNER, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LEE, Mrs. MCCARTHY of
New York, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WEINER, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. BOUCHER, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SABO, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.
LAMPSON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. CARSON of
Indiana, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. SHER-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
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
2001’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Approximately 1⁄2 of all childhood deaths
each year in developing nations, or 4,900,000 child-
hood deaths, are caused by pneumonia, diarrheal
diseases, malaria, or measles. Every day approxi-
mately 13,500 children in developing nations die
from such conditions.
(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, approximately 500,000 women die each year
from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and
more than 50,000,000 women suffer from acute
pregnancy-related health conditions that can be per-
manently 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 36,100,000 people in-
fected worldwide, and more than 15,000 new infec-
tions daily, of which more than 6,000 cases occur in
people between the ages of 15 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:
‘‘(8) 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 USAID ASSISTANCE FOR FY 2002
AND SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—
(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 2002 and for each subsequent fiscal year, there
are authorized to be appropriated, in addition to
funds otherwise available for such purposes, the fol-
lowing amounts for the following purposes:
(A) The amount equal to the aggregate of
amounts made available for the immediately
preceding fiscal year to carry out that section
with respect to the health and survival of chil-
dren, the health and nutrition 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 purposes.
(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) $275,000,000 should be available for
combating HIV/AIDS;