Participation in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Congress makes the following findings: The Global Fund is an innovative financing mechanism which— The Global Fund and United States bilateral assistance programs— The United States Government— It is the sense of Congress that— the Global Fund has made significant progress toward addressing concerns raised by the Government Accountability Office by— the Global Fund should establish and maintain a system to track— The United States is hereby authorized to participate in the Global Fund. The Global Fund shall be considered a public international organization for purposes of section 288 of this title. The United States Government regards the imposition by recipient countries of taxes or tariffs on goods or services provided by the Global Fund, which are supported through public and private donations, including the substantial contribution of the American people, as inappropriate and inconsistent with standards of good governance. The Global AIDS Coordinator or other representatives of the United States Government shall work with the Global Fund to dissuade governments from imposing such duties, tariffs, or taxes. Not later than 1 year after May 27, 2003, and annually thereafter for the duration of the Global Fund, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the Global Fund, including contributions pledged to, contributions (including donations from the private sector) received by, and projects funded by the Global Fund, and the mechanisms established for transparency and accountability in the grant-making process. In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated for bilateral or multilateral HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria programs, of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 7671 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President up to $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009,,11 So in original. and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2013, for contributions to the Global Fund. Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended. Funds made available for fiscal year 2001 under section 141 of the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 [22 U.S.C. 6841]— The President shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not less than 5 days before making a determination under clause (i) with respect to the application of subparagraph (A)(i) and shall include in the notification— Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 20 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this chapter for a contribution to support the Global Fund for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2024 and for fiscal year 2025 through March 25 of such fiscal year shall be withheld from obligation to the Global Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Global Fund— has adopted, and is implementing, a policy to publish on a publicly available Web site in an open, machine readable format— is maintaining an independent, well-staffed Office of the Inspector General that— has established a methodology to track and is publicly reporting on— expenditure data— has published an annual report on a publicly available Web site in an open, machine readable format, that includes— is maintaining and making progress on— Following each meeting of the Board of the Global Fund, the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally shall report on the public website of the Coordinator a summary of Board decisions and how the United States Government voted and its positions on such decisions. The Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, established in section 2651a(f)(1) of this title, shall establish in the executive branch an interagency technical review panel. The interagency technical review panel shall serve as a “shadow” panel to the Global Fund by— The interagency technical review panel shall consist of qualified medical and development experts who are officers or employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development. The Coordinator referred to in paragraph (1) shall chair the interagency technical review panel. The Comptroller General shall monitor and evaluate projects funded by the Global Fund. The Comptroller General shall on a biennial basis shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the results of the monitoring and evaluation described in paragraph (1) for the preceding 2-year period. The Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally shall make available to the Congress the following documents within 30 days of a request by the Congress for such documents: It is the sense of the Congress that the President should— conduct an outreach campaign that is designed to— inform the public of the existence of— encourage private contributions intended for use by the Global Fund by—