Act for International Development of 1961

From Wikisource

Jump to: navigation, search
Public Law 87-195
by the 87th Congress of the United States
Act for International Development of 1961
Pub.L. 87−195, 75 Stat. 424, S. 1983, enacted September 4, 1961.
Note: This Act was later amended and eventually given the new Short Title: ``Foreign Assistance Act of 1961´´ (Public Laws 87-329 and 88-205}.
Note: This is the original legislation as it was initially enacted. Like many laws, this statute may have since been amended once or many times, and the text contained herein may no longer be legally current. Follow the interlinks within the content or check to see What Links Here for more.


87TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

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 development, and internal and external security, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

[edit] SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Act for International Development of 1961´´.



Approved September 4, 1961.


[edit] Legislative History

  • S. 1983, (H.R. 8400)
  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 107 (1961):
    • considered and passed House.
    • considered and passed Senate.