22 USC § 6812 - African crisis response initiative and HIV/AIDS training

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6812"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 6812 - African crisis response initiative and HIV/AIDS training"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6812"
section_name: "African crisis response initiative and HIV/AIDS training"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS HAVING HIV/AIDS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–264, title I, § 114, Aug. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 754.)"
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# § 6812. African crisis response initiative and HIV/AIDS training

**(a)** **Findings** Congress finds that—

**(1)** the spread of HIV/AIDS constitutes a threat to security in Africa;

**(2)** civil unrest and war may contribute to the spread of the disease to different parts of the continent;

**(3)** the percentage of soldiers in African militaries who are infected with HIV/AIDS is unknown, but estimates range in some countries as high as 40 percent; and

**(4)** it is in the interests of the United States to assist the countries of Africa in combating the spread of HIV/AIDS.

**(b)** **Education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS** In undertaking education and training programs for military establishments in African countries, the United States shall ensure that classroom training under the African Crisis Response Initiative includes military-based education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–264, title I, § 114, Aug. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 754.)