Foreign Assistance Act of 1973

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The Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 is a U.S. federal law that reshaped American foreign aid policy in the early 1970s, including new restrictions and conditions on military and economic assistance abroad.

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Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
foreign aid legislation ⓘ
amends Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
appliesTo United States economic assistance abroad ⓘ
United States foreign assistance programs ⓘ
United States military assistance abroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defines criteria for eligibility for U.S. foreign assistance ⓘ
field foreign policy ⓘ
international development ⓘ
security assistance ⓘ
follows Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
hasEffect conditioning economic assistance on policy criteria ⓘ
limiting certain forms of U.S. military assistance abroad ⓘ
restructuring U.S. foreign aid programs ⓘ
hasPurpose to establish conditions on economic aid ⓘ
to establish conditions on military aid ⓘ
to impose new restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance ⓘ
to reshape U.S. foreign aid policy in the early 1970s ⓘ
imposes reporting requirements on the executive branch for foreign aid programs ⓘ
inception 1973 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm public law ⓘ
legalStatus in force as amended ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
motivatedBy congressional concern over U.S. involvement abroad ⓘ
desire to increase congressional oversight of foreign aid ⓘ
oversightMechanism congressional control over authorization of foreign aid funds ⓘ
partOf United States Code provisions on foreign relations and intercourse ⓘ
United States foreign aid framework ⓘ
regulates conditions for development assistance ⓘ
conditions for security assistance ⓘ
provision of U.S. foreign economic assistance ⓘ
provision of U.S. foreign military assistance ⓘ
relatedTo United States development assistance policy ⓘ
United States foreign relations law ⓘ
United States security assistance policy ⓘ
setsConditionOn continuation of assistance based on recipient behavior ⓘ
subjectOf United States foreign policy debates in the 1970s ⓘ
temporalContext post-Vietnam War era ⓘ
typeOfRestriction substantive limits on aid recipients and uses ⓘ

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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 → amendedBy → Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 ⓘ
subject linked to: FAA