On July 16, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This bill authorized nearly $50 billion in funding to combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB around the global, and represented a significant increase over what the President sought in funding. In addition, this bill would repeal a 1987 law which banned anyone who was infected with HIV from traveling to the United States, or from become a legal resident or immigrant. This made the U.S. one of only 12 nations in the world with such draconian travel bans. The provision to lift the travel restriction was nearly stripped out by Rep. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), but it was saved with the help of Michigan Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow.