Foreign Assistance Act of 1974

Foreign Assistance Act of 1974
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titles Foreign Assistance Act Amendments of 1974
Long title An Act to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.
Enacted by the 93rd United States Congress
Effective December 30, 1974
Citations
Public law 93-559
Statutes at Large 88 Stat. 1795
Codification
Acts amended Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Titles amended 22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections amended 22 U.S.C. ch. 32 § 2151
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 3394 by John Sparkman (D–AL) on April 29, 1974
  • Committee consideration by Senate Foreign Relations
  • Passed the Senate on December 4, 1974 (46–45)
  • Passed the House on December 11, 1974 (201–189, in lieu of H.R. 17234)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on December 17, 1974; agreed to by the Senate on December 17, 1974 (49–43) and by the House on December 18, 1974 (209–189)
  • Signed into law by President Gerald R. Ford on December 30, 1974

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 (Public law 93-559) , was an act of the 93rd United States Congress that added several amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Perhaps most famously, the act introduced an amendment that effectively eliminated aid and military funding for South Vietnam. Direct US involvement in Vietnam was already prohibited under the Case–Church Amendment, and the termination of US funding and indirect support for South Vietnam was a significant factor leading up to the Fall of Saigon.

The act also included the Hughes–Ryan Amendment, which required the President to report all covert operations of the CIA to congress within a set time limit, and placed limits on the funding of such operations. The act also included other amendments, including, among others, appropriation of funds to Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, and the suspension of funds to Turkey due to the conflict in Cyprus.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ S. 3394
  2. ↑ http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=cache:UGivNDN17RgJ:www.justice.gov/crt/about/cor/byagency/dos2314.php+crt+cor+byagency+dos2314+site:www.justice.gov/crt&output=xml_no_dtd&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection&ie=UTF-8&access=p&oe=ISO-8859-1
  3. ↑ "United States: Foreign Assistance Act of 1974". American Society of International Law ~ International Legal Materials. 14 (1): 167–180. January 1975. JSTOR 20691387.
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