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Congress and Foreign Policy: 1974 Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

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The major legislative attention of Congress in 1974 with respect to Africa focused on aspects of U.S. aid policy and an effort to repeal the Byrd amendment, which permits the importation of strategic materials in contravention of U.N. sanctions.

In the area of U.S. aid policy, the Congress adopted several pieces of legislation with implications for Africa. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-559) requested the President to increase Africa’s share of the Agency for International Development (AID) loans and grants and to provide the developing nations of Africa with an equitable share of United States economic assistance (sec. 49).

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Research Article
Information
African Issues , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , Spring 1975 , pp. 63 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1975 

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Prepared by Susan M. Mowle, Analyst in International Relations. Congress and Foreign Policy: 1974. Prepared for the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, by the Foreign Affairs Division of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, April 15, 1975 (pp. 57-59). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.