{"identifier":"/us/usc/t19/s3739","title":19,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3739.","heading":"Sense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa","text":"\u00a7\u202f3739.\nSense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa\n(a)\nFindings\nThe Congress finds the following:\n(1) Sustained economic development in sub-Saharan Africa depends in large measure upon successful trade with and foreign assistance to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.\n(2) The HIV/AIDS crisis has reached epidemic proportions in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 21,000,000 men, women, and children are infected with HIV.\n(3) Eighty-three percent of the estimated 11,700,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS worldwide have been in sub-Saharan Africa.\n(4) The HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is weakening the structure of families and societies.\n(5)\n(A) The HIV/AIDS crisis threatens the future of the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa.\n(B) Studies show that HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa most severely affects individuals between the ages of 15 and 49\u2014the age group that provides the most support for the economies of sub-Saharan African countries.\n(6) Clear evidence demonstrates that HIV/AIDS is destructive to the economies of sub-Saharan African countries.\n(7) Sustained economic development is critical to creating the public and private sector resources in sub-Saharan Africa necessary to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic.\n(b)\nSense of the Congress\nIt is the sense of the Congress that\u2014\n(1) addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa should be a central component of United States foreign policy with respect to sub-Saharan Africa;\n(2) significant progress needs to be made in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa in order to sustain a mutually beneficial trade relationship between the United States and sub-Saharan African countries; and\n(3) the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is a global threat that merits further attention through greatly expanded public, private, and joint public-private efforts, and through appropriate United States legislation.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t19/s3739.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3739."},{"t":"heading","text":"Sense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Congress finds the following:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" Sustained economic development in sub-Saharan Africa depends in large measure upon successful trade with and foreign assistance to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The HIV/AIDS crisis has reached epidemic proportions in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 21,000,000 men, women, and children are infected with HIV.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" Eighty-three percent of the estimated 11,700,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS worldwide have been in sub-Saharan Africa.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" The HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is weakening the structure of families and societies.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/5/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" The HIV/AIDS crisis threatens the future of the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/5/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" Studies show that HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa most severely affects individuals between the ages of 15 and 49\u2014the age group that provides the most support for the economies of sub-Saharan African countries.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" Clear evidence demonstrates that HIV/AIDS is destructive to the economies of sub-Saharan African countries.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" Sustained economic development is critical to creating the public and private sector resources in sub-Saharan Africa necessary to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Sense of the Congress"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is the sense of the Congress that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa should be a central component of United States foreign policy with respect to sub-Saharan Africa;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" significant progress needs to be made in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa in order to sustain a mutually beneficial trade relationship between the United States and sub-Saharan African countries; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t19/s3739/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is a global threat that merits further attention through greatly expanded public, private, and joint public-private efforts, and through appropriate United States legislation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}