Volume 84 · 1942
Public Law 91–652
To provide additional foreign assistance authorizations, and for other purposes.
Approved January 5, 1971
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide additional foreign assistance authorizations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may lie cited as the “Special Foreign Assistance Act of 1971”.
Sec. 2.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1971 not to exceed—
$85,000,000 for additional military assistance and $70,000,000 for special economic assistance for Cambodia;
$100,000,000 for economic and military assistance programs to replace funds which were transferred by the President for use in Cambodia;
$150,000,000 for additional military assistance for the Republic of Korea;
$30,000,000 for additional military assistance for Jordan;
$3,000,000 for additional military assistance for Indonesia and $10,000.000 to replace funds transferred from other programs for use in Indonesia;
$5,000,000 for additional military assistance for Lebanon;
$65,000,000 for additional supporting assistance for Vietnam; and
$17,000,000 for additional general military assistance to compensate for a shortage in anticipated recovery of funds from past years’ programs.
Sec. 3.
The President is authorized, until June 30, 1972, to transfer to the Republic of Korea such defense articles located in Korea and belonging to the Armed Forces of the United States on July 1, 1970, as he may determine, except that no funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated under this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 shall be available for reimbursement to any agency of the United States Government for any transfer made pursuant to this section.
Sec. 4.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any assistance furnished out of funds appropriated under section 2 of this Act and any transfer made under section 3 of this Act shall be furnished or transferred, as the case may be, in accordance with all of the purposes and limitations applicable by statute to that type of assistance or transfer under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including the provisions of section 652 of such Act, as added by section 8 of this Act).
Sec. 5.
Section 402 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2242) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “None of the funds authorized by this section shall be made available to the Government of Vietnam unless, beginning in January 1971, and quarterly thereafter, the President of the United States shall determine that the accommodation rate of exchange between said Government and the United States is fair to both countries.”.
Sec. 6.
Section 451(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, relating to the contingency fund, is amended—
by striking out “for the fiscal year 1971 not to exceed $15,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “for the fiscal year 1971 not to exceed $30,000,000”; and
by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting the following: “: Provided, That, in addition to any other sums available for such purpose, $15,000,000 of the amount authorized for the fiscal year 1971 may be used only for the purpose of relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance for the benefit of cyclone, tidal wave, and flood victims in East Pakistan.”.
Excess foreign currencies held in Pakistan not allocated on the date of enactment of this section are authorized to be appropriated for a period of one year from such date of enactment to help Pakistan withstand the disaster which has occurred.
Sec. 7.
In line with the expressed intention of the President
U.S. troops in Cambodia, restriction on funds.
of the United States, none of the funds authorized or appropriated pursuant to this or any other Act may be used to finance the introduction of United States ground combat troops into Cambodia, or to provide United States advisers to or for Cambodian military forces in Cambodia.
Military and economic assistance provided by the United States to Cambodia and authorized or appropriated pursuant, to this or any other Act shall not be construed as a commitment by the United States to Cambodia for its defense.
Sec. 8.
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at
22 USC 2151.
Cambodia, assistance, advance congressional notification.
22 USC 2318, 2360, 2364. the end thereof the following new section:
“Sec. 652. Limitation Upon Additional. Assistance to Cambodia.—
The President shall not exercise any special authority granted to him under sections 506(a), 610(a), and 614(a) of this Act for the purpose of providing additional assistance to Cambodia, unless the President, at least thirty days prior to the date he intends to exercise any such authority on behalf of Cambodia (or ten days prior to such date if the President certifies in writing that an emergency exists requiring immediate assistance to Cambodia), notifies the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in writing of each such intended exercise, the section of this Act under which such authority is to be exercised, and the justification for, and the extent of, the exercise of such authority.”.
Approved January 5, 1971.