---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 6822"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "6822"
heading: "Grant authorities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/6822"
units:
  - "Chapter 76 — Assistance to Countries with Large Populations Having Hiv/aids"
  - "Subchapter II — World Bank Aids Trust Fund"
  - "Part A — Establishment of the Fund"
---

# §6822. Grant authorities

- (a) **Program objectives—**
  - (1) **In general—** In carrying out the purpose of [section 6821(b) of this title](/usc/22/6821.md?p=b), the Trust Fund, acting through the Board of Trustees, should provide only grants, including grants for technical assistance to [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) measures to build local capacity in national and local government, civil society, and the private sector to lead and implement effective and affordable [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) prevention, education, treatment and care services, and research and development activities, including access to affordable drugs.
  - (2) **Activities supported—** Among the activities the Trust Fund should provide grants for should be—
    - (A) programs to promote the best practices in prevention, including health education messages that emphasize risk avoidance such as abstinence;
    - (B) measures to ensure a safe blood supply;
    - (C) voluntary [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) testing and counseling;
    - (D) measures to stop mother-to-child transmission of [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5), including through diagnosis of pregnant women, access to cost-effective treatment and counseling, and access to infant formula or other alternatives for infant feeding;
    - (E) programs to provide for the [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) and education of [AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=1) orphans and the families, communities, and institutions most affected by the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) epidemic;
    - (F) measures for the deterrence of gender-based violence and the provision of post-exposure prophylaxis to victims of rape and sexual assault; and
    - (G) incentives to promote affordable access to treatments against [AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=1) and related infections.
  - (3) **Implementation of program objectives—** In carrying out the objectives of [paragraph (1)](#a-1), the Trust Fund should coordinate its activities with governments, civil society, nongovernmental organizations, the Joint United Nations Program on [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) (UNAIDS), the International Partnership Against [AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=1) in Africa, other international organizations, the private sector, and donor agencies working to combat the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) crisis.
- (b) **Priority—** In providing grants under this section, the Trust Fund should give priority to countries that have the highest [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) prevalence rate or are at risk of having a high [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/6801.md?p=5) prevalence rate.
- (c) **Eligible grant recipients—** Governments and nongovernmental organizations should be eligible to receive grants under this section.
- (d) **Prohibition—** The Trust Fund should not make grants for the purpose of project development associated with bilateral or multilateral [bank](/usc/22/6801.md?p=3) loans.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–264, title I, § 122, Aug. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 755.)