International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978

Summary

International Development and Food Assistance Act - Title I: Development Assistance - Amends the Congressional policy statement of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to development assistance. Authorizes the President to furnish development assistance through certain types of agencies, using grant or loan assistance. Authorizes the President to determine the interest rates on development loans. Limits the amount of development assistance available to research and development institutions in the United States. Authorizes the President to use funds made available under this chapter to pay certain transportation costs of foreign assistance shipments by certain voluntary agencies, under specified procedures. Repeals other development assistance provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to (1) the Development Loan Fund (except for regional development in Africa and multilateral and regional programs), (2) the technical cooperation and development grants (except for American schools and hospitals abroad and a prototype desalting plant in Israel), (3) the Alliance for Progress, (4) the evaluation of programs procedures, and (5) the Southeast Asia multilateral and regional programs. Makes certain technical amendments to reflect this repeal. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish agricultural, rural development, and food assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Sets forth policies with respect to furnishing and coordinating such assistance. Redefines certain terms regarding agricultural assistance to include aquaculture and fishery, throughout such Act. Amends the Congressional policy statement of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to population and health assistance. Authorizes appropriations for population assistance. Sets forth policies with respect to furnishing such assistance. Prohibits funds appropriated for such purpose from being used for abortions or involuntary sterilizations. Authorizes appropriations for health assistance. Sets forth policies with respect to furnishing such assistance. Repeals the authorization for those population assistance which are a part of development assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for education and human resources assistance and technical assistance, energy, research, reconstruction, and selected development programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Amends such Act with respect to the policies under which intermediate technology is furnished. Authorizes certain funds to be used to encourage the participation of women in the development process of developing countries. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 to promote human rights. Requires the President to take environmental consequences into considering development actions. Requires the President to study major environmental problems in developing countries. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for American schools and hospitals abroad. Limits the number of institutions in any one country which may receive such assistance. Amends the Congressional policy statement with respect to housing assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Expands the authority of the President to issue housing investment guaranties to world-wide housing, rather than in Latin America only. Continues the authority of the agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs for one year. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for international organizations and programs, of which a specified amount shall be for the United Nations Trust Fund on South Africa. Prohibits such funds from being used for the United Nations Institute for Namibia unless the President determines that such funds will not be used to support the military activities of the Southwest African Peoples Organization. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1969 for international disaster assistance. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance for African refugees. Authorizes appropriations for 1979 for such purpose. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to use an increased amount of funds to carry out such Act for "reimbursable development" programs. Title II: Food for Peace - Sets forth Congressional policy with respect to assistance for basic food needs under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Amends such Act to permit the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay the transportation costs of food for development programs. Deems the proceeds of the sale of food for development commodities to be payments of obligations incurred by the selling country under that Act. Title III: Economic Assistance - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to promote economic or political stability, under a program to be administered by the Secretary of State. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for economic assistance, with a minimum amount available to Cyprus. Prohibits economic assistance funds from being used for military purposes. Authorizes specific authorizations for fiscal year 1979 for economic assistance to (1) Egypt, (2) Israel, (3) Jordan, (4) Syria, (5) the Maquarin Dam regional project, and (6) private voluntary agency development projects, according to specified procedures. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for economic assistance to the countries of southern Africa. Repeals the authority for security supporting assistance programs, and assistance for Middle East peace. Makes certain technical amendments in accordance with the replacement of security supporting assistance by economic assistance. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct development programs to be carried out through competitive selection procedures. Requires the Chair of the Development Coordinating Committee to submit an annual report to Congress reviewing United States foreign assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal previous specified reporting requirements, and (1) the authorization of appropriations for the Sahel development program, and (2) the suspension of foreign assistance (military, economic, agricultural, and arms sale licenses) to Pakistan. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the use of funds appropriated under such Act for the purchase of motor vehicles. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for operating expenses under such Act. Amends such Act to repeal provisions relating to (1) the minimum contribution to the United Nations Children's Fund, (2) the additional contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the training of Arab refugees, (3) the minimum contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency, (4) the limitations on contributions to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, (5) a sense of Congress regarding United Nations peacekeeping forces, (6) the authorization for appropriations for the drought-stricken nations of Africa, (7) the authority of the President to furnish earthquake relief assistance to Guatemala, (8) the use of receipts from the settlement of postwar economic assistance to Japan, (9) a statement of policy regarding assistance to newly independent countries, (10) the authorization of appropriations for development assistance administrative expenses, (11) the limitation on the aggregate amount of foreign assistance, (12) the limitation on assistance to Cambodia, (13) the limitations of the use of foreign assistance funds pending the release of certain appropriations impounded in 1971, (14) assistance priorities for funds to countries having agrarian economies, and (15) the authority of the President to conclude agreements with less developed countries to establish Joint Commissions on Rural Development. Title V: Coordination and Administration of the Development-Related Programs and Policies of the United States - Directs the President to coordinate those United States economic policies which affect the developing nations, and to establish an International Development Coordination Administration (superseding the Agency for International Development) to coordinate international development activities. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress on implementation of this title.

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Timeline

1. 19 April 1978

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on International Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 April 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 April 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 25 April 1978

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations, H. Rept. 95-1087.

   Source: Committee

5. 25 April 1978

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations, H. Rept. 95-1087.

   Source: Committee

6. 11 May 1978

   Floor

   Measure called up by special rule in House.

   Source: Floor

7. 12 May 1978

   Floor

   Measure considered in House.

   Source: Floor

8. 15 May 1978

   Vote

   Measure passed House, amended, roll call #313 (225-148).

   Source: Floor

9. 15 May 1978

   Vote

   Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #313 (225-148).

   Source: Floor

10. 15 May 1978

    Floor

    Measure considered in House.

    Source: Floor

11. 17 May 1978

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

12. 26 June 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

13. 26 June 1978

    Floor

    Measure considered in Senate.

    Source: Floor

14. 26 June 1978

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3074, roll call #177 (49-30).

    Source: Floor

15. 26 June 1978

    Discharge

    Committee on Foreign Relations discharged in Senate.

    Source: Discharge

16. 26 June 1978

    Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations discharged in Senate.

    Source: Committee

17. 28 June 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

18. 7 September 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1545.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

19. 7 September 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1545.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

20. 19 September 1978

    Vote

    House agreed to conference report, roll call #800 (232-159).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

21. 19 September 1978

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #800 (232-159).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

22. 20 September 1978

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

23. 20 September 1978

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

24. 25 September 1978

    President

    Measure enrolled in House.

    Source: President

25. 26 September 1978

    Floor

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: Floor

26. 26 September 1978

    President

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: President

27. 26 September 1978

    President

    Measure enrolled in Senate.

    Source: President

28. 6 October 1978

    President

    Public Law 95-424.

    Source: President

29. 6 October 1978

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

30. 6 October 1978

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

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Sponsors

• Rep. Zablocki, Clement J. [D-WI-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Diggs, Charles C., Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nix, Robert N. C. [D-PA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Meyner, Helen S. [D-NJ-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cavanaugh, John J. [D-NE-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Buchanan, John [R-AL-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Whalen, Charles W., Jr. [R-OH-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 12222 to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize development and economic assistance programs for fiscal year 1979, to make certain changes in the authorities of that Act and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, to improve the coordination and administration of United States development-related policies and programs, and for other purposes.
• related to ← International Development Assistance Act

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