22 U.S.C. § 7672: Sense of Congress

22 U.S.C. 7672: Sense of CongressText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-124 (October 15, 2026).

From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 83-UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA

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§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 .)

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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”.