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Summary:
The Administration's FY2005 request for international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs totals about $2.8 billion, as compared with $2.4 billion appropriated for FY2004. The FY2005 request includes a large increase for the bilateral Global AIDS Initiative, headquartered at the Department of State, while the request for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund) is $200 million, compared with $546.7 million appropriated in FY2004. The Foreign Operations Appropriations bill that passed the House on July 15, 2004, would provide slightly more than the Administration's request overall and includes $400 million as the Foreign Operations component of the Global Fund contribution. The version of the Labor/Health and Human Services Appropriation (H.R. 5006), passed by the House on September 9, would provide the $100 million requested for the Global Fund in that bill and meet the Administration's request for other international disease programs. For additional information, see CRS Issue Brief IB10050, AIDS in Africa.
