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[CITE: 22USC2151b-1]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
  Part I--Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations
 
Sec. 2151b-1. Assistance for malaria prevention, treatment, 
        control, and elimination
        

(a) Assistance

                           (1) In general

        The Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
    Development, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate 
    Federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations, shall provide 
    assistance for the establishment and conduct of activities designed 
    to prevent, treat, control, and eliminate malaria in countries with 
    a high percentage of malaria cases.

          (2) Consideration of interaction among epidemics

        In providing assistance pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
    Administrator should consider the interaction among the epidemics of 
    HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.

            (3) Dissemination of information requirement

        Activities referred to in paragraph (1) shall include the 
    dissemination of information relating to the development of vaccines 
    and therapeutic agents for the prevention of malaria (including 
    information relating to participation in, and the results of, 
    clinical trials for such vaccines and agents conducted by United 
    States Government agencies) to appropriate officials in such 
    countries.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

                           (1) In general

        There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection 
    (a) of this section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 
    and 2002.

                          (2) Availability

        Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
    appropriations under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
    available until expended.

(Pub. L. 106-570, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3039.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Assistance for International 
Malaria Control Act and also as part of the International Malaria 
Control Act of 2000, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 which comprises this chapter.


                                Findings

    Pub. L. 106-570, title I, Sec. 102, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3039, 
provided that: ``Congress makes the following findings:
        ``(1) The World Health Organization estimates that there are 
    300,000,000 to 500,000,000 cases of malaria each year.
        ``(2) According to the World Health Organization, more than 
    1,000,000 persons are estimated to die due to malaria each year.
        ``(3) According to the National Institutes of Health, about 40 
    percent of the world's population is at risk of becoming infected.
        ``(4) About half of those who die each year from malaria are 
    children under 9 years of age.
        ``(5) Malaria kills one child each 30 seconds.
        ``(6) Although malaria is a public health problem in more than 
    90 countries, more than 90 percent of all malaria cases are in sub-
    Saharan Africa.
        ``(7) In addition to Africa, large areas of Central and South 
    America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the Indian subcontinent, 
    Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are high risk malaria areas.
        ``(8) These high risk areas represent many of the world's 
    poorest nations.
        ``(9) Malaria is particularly dangerous during pregnancy. The 
    disease causes severe anemia and is a major factor contributing to 
    maternal deaths in malaria endemic regions.
        ``(10) `Airport malaria', the importing of malaria by 
    international aircraft and other conveyances, is becoming more 
    common, and the United Kingdom reported 2,364 cases of malaria in 
    1997, all of them imported by travelers.
        ``(11) In the United States, of the 1,400 cases of malaria 
    reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1998, 
    the vast majority were imported.
        ``(12) Between 1970 and 1997, the malaria infection rate in the 
    United States increased by about 40 percent.
        ``(13) Malaria is caused by a single-cell parasite that is 
    spread to humans by mosquitoes.
        ``(14) No vaccine is available and treatment is hampered by 
    development of drug-resistant parasites and insecticide-resistant 
    mosquitoes.''
