Development of a comprehensive, five-year, global strategy

The President shall establish a comprehensive, integrated, 5-year strategy to expand and improve efforts to combat global HIV/AIDS. This strategy shall— maintain sufficient flexibility and remain responsive to— provide a plan to— support— make the reduction of HIV/AIDS behavioral risks a priority of all prevention efforts by— support other important means of preventing or reducing the transmission of HIV, including— provide a framework for expanding or developing existing or new country or regional programs, including— provide a plan to address the immediate and ongoing needs of women and girls, which— provide a plan to— enhance the attention given to the national strategic HIV/AIDS plans of countries receiving United States assistance by— support activities described in the Global Plan to Stop TB, including— Not later than October 1, 2009, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that sets forth the strategy described in subsection (a). The report required under paragraph (1) shall include a discussion of the following elements: A description of the strategy— A description of the manner in which the strategy will— A description of how operations research is addressed in the strategy and how such research can most effectively be integrated into care, treatment, and prevention activities in order to— A description of the specific targets, goals, and strategies developed to address the needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV/AIDS, including— A description of strategies— to address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children, including an analysis of— A description of the strategy to— A description of the criteria for selection, objectives, methodology, and structure of compacts or other framework agreements with countries or regional organizations, including— The Global AIDS Coordinator shall enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies that provides that not later than 18 months after July 30, 2008, the Institute, in consultation with the Global AIDS Coordinator and other relevant parties representing the public and private sector, shall provide the Global AIDS Coordinator with a design plan and budget for the evaluation and collection of baseline and subsequent data to address the elements set forth in paragraph (2)(B). The Global AIDS Coordinator shall submit the budget and design plan to the appropriate congressional committees. Not later than 4 years after July 30, 2008, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies shall publish a study that includes— The study conducted under this paragraph shall include— Assessments and impact evaluations conducted under the study shall utilize sound statistical methods and techniques for the behavioral sciences, including random assignment methodologies as feasible. Qualitative data on process variables should be used for assessments and impact evaluations, wherever possible. The Institute of Medicine may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements or award grants to conduct the study under paragraph (2). There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the study under this subsection. Not later than 3 years after July 30, 2008, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report on the global HIV/AIDS programs of the United States to the appropriate congressional committees. The report required under paragraph (1) shall include— Not later than 1 year after July 30, 2008, and annually thereafter, the Global AIDS Coordinator shall publish a best practices report that highlights the programs receiving financial assistance from the United States that have the potential for replication or adaption, particularly at a low cost, across global AIDS programs, including those that focus on both generalized and localized epidemics. The Global AIDS Coordinator shall disseminate the full findings of the annual best practices report on the Internet website of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. The Global AIDS Coordinator shall develop guidance to ensure timely submission and dissemination of significant information regarding best practices with respect to global AIDS programs. The Inspectors General of the Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the United States Agency for International Development shall jointly develop coordinated annual plans for oversight activity in each of the fiscal years 2009 through March 25 of fiscal year 2025, with regard to the programs authorized under this chapter and sections 2151b–2, 2151b–3, and 2151b–4 of this title. The plans developed under subparagraph (A) shall include a schedule for financial audits, inspections, and performance reviews, as appropriate. The first plan developed under subparagraph (A) shall be completed not later than the later of— Each of the plans for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 developed under subparagraph (A) shall be completed not later than 30 days before each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2013, respectively. The plan developed under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 shall be completed not later than 60 days after December 2, 2013. Each of the last eleven plans developed under subparagraph (A) shall be completed not later than 30 days before each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2025, respectively. In order to avoid duplication and maximize efficiency, the Inspectors General described in paragraph (1) shall coordinate their activities with— The Global AIDS Coordinator and the Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat Malaria Globally shall make available necessary funds not exceeding $15,000,000 during the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 2008 to the Inspectors General described in paragraph (1) for the audits, inspections, and reviews described in that paragraph. Not later than September 30, 2009, and annually thereafter through March 25, 2025, the Global AIDS Coordinator shall complete a study of treatment providers that— estimates per-patient costs across the program and in specific categories of service providers, including— The studies required to be submitted by September 30, 2014, and annually thereafter through March 25, 2025, shall include, in addition to the elements set forth under paragraph (1), the following elements: A comprehensive and harmonized expenditure analysis by partner country, including— Not later than 90 days after the completion of each study under paragraph (1), the Global AIDS Coordinator shall make the results of such study available on a publicly accessible Web site. In this subsection, the term “partner country” means a country with a minimum United States Government investment of HIV/AIDS assistance of at least $5,000,000 in the prior fiscal year. The Global AIDS Coordinator shall develop a message, to be prominently displayed by each program receiving funds under this chapter, that—