Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000

Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titles
  • World Bank AIDS Marshall Plan Trust Fund Act
  • World Bank AIDS Prevention Trust Fund Act
  • International Tuberculosis Control Act of 2000
Long titleAn Act to provide for negotiations for the creation of a trust fund to be administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the International Development Association to combat the AIDS epidemic.
Acronyms (colloquial)GATRA
NicknamesGlobal AIDS Research and Relief Act of 2000
Enacted bythe 106th United States Congress
EffectiveAugust 19, 2000
Citations
Public law106-264
Statutes at Large114 Stat. 748
Codification
Titles amended22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created22 U.S.C. ch. 76 § 6801 et seq.
U.S.C. sections amended
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 3519 by James A. Leach (RIA) on January 24, 2000
  • Committee consideration by House Banking and Financial Services, Senate Foreign Relations
  • Passed the House on May 15, 2000 (Passed voice vote)
  • Passed the Senate on July 26, 2000 (Passed unanimous consent) with amendment
  • House agreed to Senate amendment on July 27, 2000 (Agreed without objection)
  • Signed into law by President William J. Clinton on August 19, 2000

Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 or Global AIDS Research and Relief Act of 2000 is a United States federal law establishing the World Bank AIDS Trust Fund for the care and prevention of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in overseas continents supporting substantial populations. The Act of Congress endorsed the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association to govern the financial fund for the global opportunistic infection epidemics.

The H.R. 3519 legislation was passed by the 106th United States Congressional session and confirmed as a federal law by the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton on August 19, 2000.[1]

  1. ^ Clinton, William J. (August 19, 2000). "Statement on Signing the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 - August 19, 2000". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 1671–1672.

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