United States Public Law 77-11

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United States federal statute World War II-era legislation

United States Public Law 77-11 is the 1941 U.S. statute that authorized the Lend-Lease program, enabling large-scale military aid to Allied nations during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Public Law 77-11	3
Pub.L. 77–11	1
United States Public Law 77-11 canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ World War II-era legislation ⓘ
allowed	lease or loan of defense articles to foreign governments ⓘ transfer of defense articles without immediate payment ⓘ transfer of military equipment to Allied nations ⓘ
associatedPresident	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
authorizedProgram	Lend-Lease program ⓘ
beneficiaryType	governments whose defense the President deemed vital to the defense of the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Statutes at Large ⓘ surface form: Statutes at Large
conflictContext	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted	1941-03-11 ⓘ
enactedBy	77th United States Congress ⓘ
expandedPresidentialPower	authority to determine which countries received defense aid ⓘ authority to set terms and conditions of aid ⓘ
financingMechanism	authorized appropriations for procurement of defense articles ⓘ
hasBillNumber	H.R. 1776 ⓘ
hasPublicLawNumber	United States Public Law 77-11 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pub.L. 77–11
hasShortName	Lend-Lease program ⓘ surface form: Lend-Lease Act
hasStatutesAtLargeCitation	55 Stat. 31 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	enabled large-scale material support to Allied powers before and after U.S. entry into World War II ⓘ marked a major shift in U.S. foreign policy from isolationism toward active support of Allies ⓘ
implementedBy	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
includedProvision	return or disposal of defense articles after the war or when no longer needed ⓘ terms of repayment or compensation to be determined by the President ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal law of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
majorBeneficiary	China ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ other Allied nations ⓘ
policyEffect	ended formal U.S. neutrality in practice while remaining short of a declaration of war at the time of enactment ⓘ
politicalContext	enacted after intense debate over U.S. involvement in World War II ⓘ
purpose	to authorize the President to provide defense articles and defense services to governments whose defense was deemed vital to the defense of the United States ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	arsenal of democracy ⓘ
relatedTo	United States foreign aid policy ⓘ United States military assistance programs ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectMatter	foreign relations ⓘ military assistance ⓘ national defense ⓘ war powers of the President ⓘ
title	An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States ⓘ
yearEnacted	1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Lend-Lease program → legalBasis → United States Public Law 77-11 ⓘ

An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States → publicLawNumber → United States Public Law 77-11 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Law 77-11

United States Public Law 77-11 → hasPublicLawNumber → United States Public Law 77-11 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pub.L. 77–11

H.R. 1776 → became → United States Public Law 77-11 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Law 77-11

H.R. 1776 → codifiedAs → United States Public Law 77-11 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Law 77-11