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S.2033
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 2/3/2000)
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to provide for negotiations for the creation of a trust fund to be administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Development Association to combat the AIDS epidemic.
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2/3/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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COSPONSORS(3), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 2/3/2000 Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 7/19/2000
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 4/13/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/3/2000--Introduced.

World Bank AIDS Prevention Trust Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) or the International Development Association (IDA), their member nations, and other interested parties for the creation of a trust fund which would accept contributions from governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental entities and use them to address the AIDS epidemic in countries eligible to borrow from the IDA.

Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for payment to the trust fund.

Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the goals, the programs and projects, and activities, including any vaccination approaches, supported by the trust fund and their effectiveness in reducing the worldwide spread of AIDS.