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S.2026
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara (introduced 2/2/2000)
Latest Major Action: 2/24/2000 Senate committee/subcommittee actions
Title: A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for HIV/AIDS efforts.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/2/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S289)
2/24/2000:
Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. Hearings held.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(6), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 2/10/2000 Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 2/2/2000
Sen Kerry, John F. - 2/24/2000 Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 2/8/2000
Sen Levin, Carl - 2/8/2000 Sen Smith, Gordon - 2/2/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/2/2000--Introduced.

Global AIDS Prevention Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to urge the agency primarily responsible for administering health programs for poor people in developing countries to make HIV/AIDS prevention and care a priority in such programs.

Authorizes appropriations. Earmarks 50 percent of such funds for each fiscal year to be used to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.