Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6821 Establishment

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 76— - ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS HAVING HIV/AIDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WORLD BANK AIDS TRUST FUND › Part Part A— - Establishment of the Fund › § 6821

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must try to reach agreements with the World Bank and others, working with the USAID Administrator, other U.S. agencies, World Bank member countries, and interested parties, to create a World Bank AIDS Trust Fund and an Advisory Board for it. The Trust Fund’s money is meant to help prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to support programs that give health care and primary and secondary schooling to children orphaned by the epidemic. A Board of Trustees made up of representatives from donor countries should run the Trust Fund. Board members must have experience in public health, epidemiology, health care (including delivery systems), and development. When the Treasury Secretary certifies to Congress that the agreement is in effect, the United States will have one Board member appointed by the President with the Senate’s approval. That U.S. Board seat ends when the Trust Fund ends.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6821

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(a)The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to enter into negotiations with the World Bank or the Association, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and other United States Government agencies, and with the member nations of the World Bank or the Association and with other interested parties, for the establishment within the World Bank of—

(1)the World Bank AIDS Trust Fund (in this subchapter referred to as the “Trust Fund”) in accordance with the provisions of this part; and

(2)the Advisory Board to the Trust Fund in accordance with section 6824 of this title.

(b)The purpose of the Trust Fund should be to use contributed funds to—

(1)assist in the prevention and eradication of HIV/AIDS and the care and treatment of individuals infected with HIV/AIDS; and

(2)provide support for the establishment of programs that provide health care and primary and secondary education for children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

(c)(1)The Trust Fund should be governed by a Board of Trustees, which should be composed of representatives of the participating donor countries to the Trust Fund. Individuals appointed to the Board should have demonstrated knowledge and experience in the fields of public health, epidemiology, health care (including delivery systems), and development.

(2)(A)Upon the effective date of this paragraph, there shall be a United States member of the Board of Trustees, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall have the qualifications described in paragraph (1).

(B)(i)This paragraph shall take effect upon the date the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to Congress that an agreement establishing the Trust Fund and providing for a United States member of the Board of Trustees is in effect.

(ii)The position established by subparagraph (A) is abolished upon the date of termination of the Trust Fund.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6821

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73