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Foreign Assistance Act of 1948; Long title: An act to promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad in which free institutions may survive and consistent with the maintenance of the strength and stability of the United States.
An Act to promote the foreign policy, security, and general welfare of the United States by assisting peoples of the world in their efforts toward economic and social development and internal and external security, and for other purposes. The Foreign Assistance Act (Pub. L. 87–195, 75 Stat. 424-2, enacted September 4, 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2151 ...
Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act on 4 September 1961, reorganizing U.S. foreign assistance programs and separating military and non-military aid. The Act was established by President John F. Kennedy two months later. USAID became the first U.S. foreign assistance organization whose primary focus was long-term economic and social ...
[100] [101] Both houses of Congress approved the initial appropriation, known as the Foreign Assistance Act, by large majorities, and Truman signed the act into law in April 1948. [102] Congress would eventually allocate $12.4 billion in aid over the four years of the plan. [103]
China Educational Exchange of 1950 has origins in the China Aid Act of 1948 under the auspices of Title IV enclosed in the Marshall Plan. [8] The 1950 China educational exchange program is articulated by the China Area Aid Act of 1950 assimilated in Title II of the Foreign Economic Assistance Act of 1950.
Both houses of Congress approved of the initial appropriation, known as the Foreign Assistance Act, by large majorities, and Truman signed the act into law in April 1948. [106] Congress would eventually allocate $12.4 billion in aid over the four years of the plan. [107]
An Act to promote the foreign policy and provide for the defense and general welfare of the United States by furnishing military assistance to foreign nations. The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. [1][2] For U.S. foreign policy, it was the first U.S ...
Development economics. The Point Four Program was a technical assistance program for "developing countries" announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address on January 20, 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was the fourth foreign policy objective mentioned in the speech.