---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 7612a"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "7612a"
heading: "HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/7612a"
units:
  - "Chapter 83 — United States Leadership Against Hiv/aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria"
  - "Subchapter I — Policy Planning and Coordination"
---

# §7612a. HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund

- (1) In furtherance of the purposes of [section 2151b–2 of this title](/usc/22/2151b–2.md), and to assist in providing a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable supply chain of pharmaceuticals and other products needed to provide care and treatment of persons with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) and related infections, the Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Globally (the “Coordinator”) is authorized to establish an [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Working Capital Fund (in this section referred to as the “[HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund”).
- (2) Funds deposited during any fiscal year in the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation and used for pharmaceuticals and other products needed to provide care and treatment of persons with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) and related infections, including, but not limited to—
  - (A) anti-retroviral drugs;
  - (B) other pharmaceuticals and medical items needed to provide care and treatment to persons with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) and related infections;
  - (C) laboratory and other supplies for performing tests related to the provision of care and treatment to persons with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) and related infections;
  - (D) other medical supplies needed for the operation of [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) treatment and care centers, including products needed in programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission;
  - (E) pharmaceuticals and health commodities needed for the provision of palliative care; and
  - (F) laboratory and clinical equipment, as well as equipment needed for the transportation and care of [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) supplies, and other equipment needed to provide prevention, care and treatment of [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) described above.
- (3) There may be deposited during any fiscal year in the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund payments for [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) pharmaceuticals and products provided from the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund received from applicable appropriations and funds of the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, or other Federal agencies and other sources at actual cost of the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) pharmaceuticals and other products, actual cost plus the additional costs of providing such [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) pharmaceuticals and other products, or at any other price agreed to by the Coordinator or his designee.
- (4) There may be deposited in the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund payments for the loss of, or damage to, [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) pharmaceuticals and products held in the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund, rebates, reimbursements, refunds and other credits applicable to the operation of the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund.
- (5) At the close of each fiscal year the Coordinator may transfer out of the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund to other [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) programmatic areas such amounts as the Coordinator determines to be in excess of the needs of the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund.
- (6) At the close of each fiscal year the Coordinator shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the financial activities of the [HIV/AIDS](/usc/22/7602.md?p=6) Fund, including sources of income and information regarding disbursements.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–447, div. D, title V, § 525(b), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3000.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, and not as part of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 which comprises this chapter.