S.2749: Save Lives First Act of 2008

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about international affairs
  • Introduced March 12, 2008
  • Latest Major Action March 12, 2008

Bill Sponsor

Bill Summary

Save Lives First Act of 2008 - Amends the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 to allocate FY2009-FY2013 HIV/AIDS assistance as follows: (1) at least 55% for therapeutic medical care of individuals infected with HIV; and (2) at least 5% percent to expand the use of rapid HIV/AIDS testing, of which at least 25% shall be expended for assistance to countries that have adopted a national policy of...

(Source: Library of Congress)

What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill

There is one statement associated with S.2749.

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
March 12, 2008

Introduced in the Senate by Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

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