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MUTUAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AND RELATED

DOCUMENTS

I. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1951, AS
AMENDED

Text of Public Law 165, Eighty-second Congress
[H. R. 5113], 65 Stat. 373, approved October 10, 1951,
as amended by the Mutual Security Act of 1952,
Public Law 400, Eighty-second Congress, second
session [H. R. 7005], 66 Stat. 141, approved June
20, 1952

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-
vide further encouragement to such efforts, the Congress
believes it essential that this Act should be so adminis-
tered as to support concrete measures for political fed-
eration, military integration, and economic unification in
Europe. Appropriations made pursuant to paragraphs
101 (a) (1), relating to military assistance, and 101 (a)
(2), relating to defense support and economic assistance,
of this Act may be used, pursuant to the applicable terms
and conditions of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of
1949, as amended, and of section 503 of this Act, respec-
tively, to furnish assistance (including, in the case of
amounts available pursuant to paragraph 101 (a) (2),
transfers of funds) to any of the following organiza-
tions: (A) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
(B) the European Coal and Steel Community, (C) the
organization which may evolve from current interna-
tional discussions concerning a European defense com-
munity.
TITLE I-EUROPE

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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
House of Representatives), and not to exceed $100,-
000,000 of such appropriation for any selected per- escapees, etc.
sons who are residing in or escapees from the Soviet
Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania,
Bulgaria, Albania, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia,
or the Communist-dominated or Communist-occu-
pied areas of Germany and Austria, and any other
countries absorbed by the Soviet Union either to
form such persons into elements of the military
forces supporting the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization or for other purposes, when it is similarly
determined by the President that such assistance will
contribute to the defense of the North Atlantic area
and to the security of the United States. In addi-
tion, unexpended balances of appropriations hereto-
fore made for carrying out the purposes of the Mu-
tual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended,
through assistance to any of the countries covered by
this paragraph are hereby authorized to be contin-
ued available through June 30, 1952, and to be con-
solidated with the appropriation authorized by this
paragraph. Section 408 (c) of the Mutual Defense
Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C.
1579), is hereby repealed. There is hereby author-
ized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal
year 1953 not to exceed $3,415,614,750, for assistance
pursuant to the provisions of the Mutual Defense As-
sistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1571–
1604) to countries eligible for assistance under this
paragraph; and in addition unexpended balances of
any appropriations heretofore made pursuant to this
paragraph are authorized to be continued available
for their original purposes through June 30, 1953,
and to be consolidated with the appropriation hereby
authorized."

(2) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated
to the President for the fiscal year 1953 not to exceed
$1,282,433,000 to provide assistance to any country

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.

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