Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

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United States federal statute foreign aid legislation

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized and modernized American foreign aid programs, establishing the framework for economic and military assistance to other countries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
United States foreign assistance system 2
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 programs 1
International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
foreign aid legislation ⓘ
abbreviationCreatedAgency United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
surface form: USAID
administeredBy United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
amended Mutual Security Act extensions ⓘ
surface form: Mutual Security Act of 1954
authorized Alliance for Progress ⓘ
development assistance programs ⓘ
economic assistance programs ⓘ
food aid programs ⓘ
military assistance programs ⓘ
security assistance programs ⓘ
technical assistance programs ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 22 of the United States Code ⓘ
contains Part I – Development Assistance ⓘ
Part II – Military Assistance and Sales ⓘ
Part III – General and Administrative Provisions ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdAgency United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
focusesOn economic development ⓘ
political stability ⓘ
security cooperation ⓘ
includes Section 116 on human rights and assistance ⓘ
Section 502B on human rights and security assistance ⓘ
provisions on arms export controls ⓘ
provisions on development lending and grants ⓘ
provisions on disaster relief assistance ⓘ
influenced U.S. foreign policy toward developing countries ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force, as amended ⓘ
policyGoal encouragement of economic development in less developed countries ⓘ
promotion of stable and democratic governments abroad ⓘ
strengthening of collective security arrangements ⓘ
purpose to promote the foreign policy, security, and general welfare of the United States ⓘ
to provide a framework for U.S. economic assistance to foreign countries ⓘ
to provide a framework for U.S. military assistance to foreign countries ⓘ
to reorganize and modernize United States foreign aid programs ⓘ
regionCovered foreign countries outside the United States ⓘ
reorganized United States foreign aid programs ⓘ
replaced earlier U.S. foreign aid statutes ⓘ
shortName FAA ⓘ
signedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
signingDate 1961-09-04 ⓘ
subjectTo periodic amendment by Congress ⓘ
title Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 self-link ⓘ
yearEnacted 1961 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FAA → amendedBy → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
subject surface form: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
this entity surface form: International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices → legalBasis → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development → legalBasis → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
Bureau for Europe and Eurasia (USAID) → partOf → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States foreign assistance system
Foreign Operations Administration → partOf → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States foreign assistance system
Mutual Security Act extensions → relatedTo → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
Mutual Security Program → replacedBy → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 programs
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 → title → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 self-link ⓘ
FAA → title → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
subject surface form: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961