He has a list of 1,800 AIDS relief and education programs run by churches around the country.
It was released in 1993 to benefit AIDS relief.
Another $5 billion was to go to continuing support for AIDS relief in 100 countries where the United States already had bilateral programs established.
Japan announced early this month that it was increasing its donation to Zambia for AIDS relief.
Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa, making it expensive to get AIDS relief to the county.
The bill sets aside for AIDS relief $226 million, minus a 2 percent across-the-board budget cut, for a total of about $221 million.
It is funded in part by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Bono's intention is to use philanthropic dollars to lobby for foreign debt forgiveness, AIDS relief and fair trade for Africa.
He was also an advisor to the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief.
President Bush announces the $15 billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.