CONTENTS I. Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended.. II. Mutual Security Act of 1952, sections 11 and 12. III. Retained Provisions of Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as IV. Assistance to the Far East: B. Far Eastern Economic Assistance Act of 1950. C. China Area Aid Act of 1950- V. Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended_ VI. Act for International Development__ VII. Institute of Inter-American Affairs Act- VIII. United Nations Palestine Refugee Aid Act of 1950_ IX. Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (Battle Act). XI. Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1953- XII. Executive Order 10300, as amended (administration of the Mutual XIII. Executive Order 10338 (coordination procedures under section 507 of the Mutual Security Act of 1951). XIV. Executive Order 10387 (specification of laws from which certain functions authorized by the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as XV. Terms of reference for the U. S. Special Representative in Europe and U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council.. Page MUTUAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AND RELATED DOCUMENTS I. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1951, AS Text of Public Law 165, Eighty-second Congress AN ACT To maintain the security and promote the foreign policy and provide for the general welfare of the United States by furnishing assistance to friendly nations in the interest of international peace and security. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Mutual Security Act of 1951". Act. SEC. 2.1 (a) The Congress declares it to be the purpose Purpose of of this Act to maintain the security and to promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing military, economic, and technical assistance to friendly countries to strengthen the mutual security and individual and collective defenses of the free world, to develop their resources in the interest of their security and independence and the national interest of the United States and to facilitate the effective participation of those countries in the United Nations system for collective security. The purposes of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1571-1604), the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 15011522), and the Act for International Development (22 U. S. C. 1557) shall hereafter be deemed to include this purpose. (b)2 The Congress welcomes the recent progress in political federation, military integration, and economic unification in Europe and reaffirms its belief in the necessity of further vigorous efforts toward these ends as a means of building strength, establishing security, and preserv 22 U. S. C. § 1651. 2 This subsection was added by sec. 2 of the Mutual Security Act of 1952. Europeappropriations authorized. Military assistance to NATO countries. Other countries. ing peace in the North Atlantic area. In order to pro- 8 SEC. 101 (a) In order to support the freedom of Europe through assistance which will further the carrying out of the plans for defense of the North Atlantic area, while at the same time maintaining the economic stability of the countries of the area so that they may meet their responsibilities for defense, and to further encourage the economic unification and the political federation of Europe, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1952 for carrying out the provisions and accomplishing the policies and purpose of this Act (1) not to exceed $5,028,000,000 for assistance pursuant to the provisions of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1571-1604), for countries which are parties to the North Atlantic Treaty," for Spain, and for any country of Europe (other than a country covered by another title of this Act), which the President determines to be of direct importance to the defense of the North Atlantic area and whose increased ability to defend itself the President determines is important to the preservation of the peace and security of the North Atlantic area and to the security of the United States (any such determination to be reported forthwith to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com 22 U. S. C. § 1681. 4 Text on p. 73. Text on p. 114. The words "for Spain" were added by sec. 3 (a) of the Mutual Security Act of 1952. Maximum amount for mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the (2) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated This last sentence was added by sec. 3 (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1952. 8 This subsection was revised by sec. 3 (c) of the Mutual Security Act of 1952. It formerly read as follows: "(2) not to exceed $1,022,000,000 for assistance pursuant to the provisions of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1501-1522) (including assistance to further European military production), for any country of Europe covered by paragraph (1) of this subsection and for any other country covered by section 103 (a) of the said Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended. In addition, unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for carrying out the purposes of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, are hereby authorized to be continued available through June 30, 1952, and to be consolidated with the appropriation authorized by this paragraph: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available pursuant to this paragraph may be utilized to effectuate the principles set forth in section 115 (e) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended." The text of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended by the Mutual Security Act of 1952, is on p. 35. |