§7672. Sense of Congress

(a) Increase in HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment

It is a sense of the Congress that an urgent priority of United States assistance programs to fight HIV/AIDS should be the rapid increase in distribution of antiretroviral treatment so that-

(1) by the end of fiscal year 2004, at least 500,000 individuals with HIV/AIDS are receiving antiretroviral treatment through United States assistance programs;

(2) by the end of fiscal year 2005, at least 1,000,000 such individuals are receiving such treatment; and

(3) by the end of fiscal year 2006, at least 2,000,000 such individuals are receiving such treatment.

(b) Effective distribution of HIV/AIDS funds

It is the sense of Congress that, of the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 7671 of this title for HIV/AIDS assistance, 10 percent should be used for orphans and vulnerable children.

( Pub. L. 108–25, title IV, §402, May 27, 2003, 117 Stat. 745 ; Pub. L. 110–293, title IV, §402, July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2966 .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–293 substituted "10 percent should be used" for "an effective distribution of such amounts would be-

"(1) 55 percent of such amounts for treatment of individuals with HIV/AIDS;

"(2) 15 percent of such amounts for palliative care of individuals with HIV/AIDS;

"(3) 20 percent of such amounts for HIV/AIDS prevention consistent with section 2151b–2(d) of this title, of which such amount at least 33 percent should be expended for abstinence-until-marriage programs; and

"(4) 10 percent of such amounts".