More money for global AIDS effort
Executive Summary
The House passes a five-year, $50 billion reauthorization of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief April 2. In addition to supporting AIDS treatment and prevention programs, H.R. 5501 would allocate money to fight tuberculosis and malaria for fiscal 2009-2013. A similar bill was reported out by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee March 13. Current spending on the PEPFAR program is $3 billion per year