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On June 24, 2005, the House Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 3057/H.Rept. 109-152, the FY2006 Foreign Operations spending measure. The bill includes $2.695 billion for international AIDS programs, compared with the $2.564 billion requested by the Administration in that bill. The bill provides $400 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, doubling the amount requested by the Administration under Foreign Operations. However, the appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services (H.R. 3010/H.Rept. 109-143), which passed the House on June 24, does not include $100 million requested for the Global Fund through the National Institutes of Health. On February 7, 2005, the Bush Administration requested $3.16 billion for international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs in FY2006, a 9% increase over the estimated amount to be provided in FY2005. For additional information, see CRS Issue Brief IB10050, AIDS in Africa; and CRS Report RL31712, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Background and Current Issues.
