19 U.S.C. § 3739 — Sense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-200 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 269 words · no verdicts yet
This section states congressional findings about HIV/AIDS and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. It states congressional views about United States foreign policy, trade, and expanded efforts.
(a) Findings. Congress finds: (1) sustained economic development in sub-Saharan Africa depends substantially on successful trade with and foreign assistance to its countries; (2) HIV/AIDS is epidemic there, with more than 21 million people infected; (3) 83% of the estimated 11.7 million worldwide HIV/AIDS deaths occurred there; (4) the crisis weakens families and societies; (5)(A) it threatens the future workforce; (B) studies show it most severely affects ages 15 through 49, the group providing the most support for those economies; (6) clear evidence shows it harms those economies; and (7) sustained economic development is critical to creating the public and private resources needed to fight it. (b) Sense of Congress. Congress states that addressing the crisis should be central to United States foreign policy toward sub-Saharan Africa; substantial progress in prevention and treatment is needed to sustain mutually beneficial trade with the United States; and the crisis is a global threat deserving much greater public, private, and joint public-private efforts and appropriate United States legislation.
The Congress finds the following:
Sustained economic development in sub-Saharan Africa depends in large measure upon successful trade with and foreign assistance to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
The HIV/AIDS crisis has reached epidemic proportions in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 21,000,000 men, women, and children are infected with HIV.
Eighty-three percent of the estimated 11,700,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS worldwide have been in sub-Saharan Africa.
The HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is weakening the structure of families and societies.
The HIV/AIDS crisis threatens the future of the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa.
Studies show that HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa most severely affects individuals between the ages of 15 and 49—the age group that provides the most support for the economies of sub-Saharan African countries.
Clear evidence demonstrates that HIV/AIDS is destructive to the economies of sub-Saharan African countries.
Sustained economic development is critical to creating the public and private sector resources in sub-Saharan Africa necessary to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa should be a central component of United States foreign policy with respect to sub-Saharan Africa;
significant progress needs to be made in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa in order to sustain a mutually beneficial trade relationship between the United States and sub-Saharan African countries; and
the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is a global threat that merits further attention through greatly expanded public, private, and joint public-private efforts, and through appropriate United States legislation.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 129, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 273.)
- 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-200 · 114 Stat. 273
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