FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1973--S.2335

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000600170047-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: January 1, 1973
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Foreign Assistance Act of 1973--S.2335
(Reported by Foreign Relations, 2 Aug. -- referred to Finance Committee)
Purpose:
Authorizes fiscal year 1974 and 1975 appropriations for certain
economic assistance programs.
Sections of Concern to CIA
I. Police `Training
"SEC. 115. PROHIBITING POLICE TRAINING. --No part of any
appropriation made available to carry out this or any other provision
of law shall be used to conduct any police training or related program
for a foreign country. "
The Committee Report (page 17) notes that this section is
intended to prohibit training both in the U. S. and abroad and covers all
advisory or training programs involving all phases of law enforcement,
including prison administration; however, it is not intended to prohibit
narcotics programs.
H. Use of 3rd Country Military Forces
"LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS -- SEC. 19. No funds authorized
or appropriated under any provision of law shall be made available for
the purpose of financing directly or indirectly any military or para-
military operations by foreign forces in Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam,
South Vietnam, or Thailand unless (1) such operations are conducted by
the forces of the government receiving such funds within the borders
of that country, or (2) specifically authorized by law enacted after the
date of enactment of this Act. "
Committee Report (page 40): This section would prohibit the
further financing of Thai troops in Laos or of "local forces" of Laos
in Thailand. U. S. support of military advisory activities by any 3rd
country in any way in Indochina or Thailand would also be precluded.
Similarly, 3rd country "volunteers" operating under the orders of another
government could not be supported in any way by U. S. funds.
III. Political Prisoners
"SEC. 21. It is the sense of Congress that the President should
deny any economic or military assistance to the government of any
foreign country which practices the internment or imprisonment of
that country's citizens for political purposes. "
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IV. Access to Information from Foreign Affairs Agencies
"SEC. 23. (a) After the expiration of any thirty-five-day period
which begins on the date the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represen-
tatives has delivered to the office of the head of the Department of State,
the United States Information Agency, the Agency for International
Development, the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,
ACTION, or the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a written
request that it be furnished any document, paper, communication,
audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material in
its custody or control relating to such department, agency, or corpora-
tion, none of the funds made available to such department, agency, or
corporation, shall be obligated unless and until there has been furnished
to the committee making the request the document, paper, communica-
tion, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report or other material
so requested.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not
apply to any communication that is directed by the President to a
particular officer or employee of any such department, agency, or
corporation or to any communication that is directed by any such officer
or employee to the President. "
Committee Report (page 41): This section requires that State,
USIA, AID and ACDA, ACTION and Overseas Private Investiment
Corporation furnish information upon request by either Senate Foreign
Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees. If material is not
furnished within 35 days, funds for the agency would be cut off. Com-
munication to and from agency officials and the President would be
exempted. Info requested must pertain to Committee jurisdiction.
The wording of this section is exactly the same as agreed to by
the Senate and House conferees on the Department of State Authorization
Bill.
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