Pub. L. 89-583, pt. I, ch. 2, tit. II, sec. 103

Sec. 103. Title II of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to technical cooperation and development grants, is amended as follows: (a) Section 211, which relates to general authority, is amended as follows: (1) In the second sentence of subsection (a) strike out “and” at the end of clause (5) and strike out the period at the end of the sentence and insert a comma and the following: “(7) the degree to which the recipient country is making progress toward respect for the rule of law, freedom of expression and of the press, and recognition of the importance of individual freedom, initiative, and private enterprise, and (8) whether or not the activity to be financed will contribute to the achievement of self-sustaining growth.” (2) At the end of subsection (a), add the following new sentence: “The authority of this title shall not be used to furnish assistance to more than forty countries in any fiscal year, except that such assistance may be furnished to any additional country after at least thirty days shall have elapsed following the submission by the President to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of a report stating that the furnishing of assistance to such additional country during such fiscal year is in the national interest and giving his reasons therefor.” (3) At the end of section 211, add the following new subsections: “(d) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of funds made available under section 212, or under section 252 (other than loan funds), may be used for assistance, on such terms and conditions as the President may specify, to research and educational institutions in the United States for the purpose of strengthening their capacity to develop and carry out programs concerned with the economic and social development of less developed countries. “(e) In any developing countries or areas where food production is not increasing enough to meet the demands of an expanding population, or diets are seriously deficient, a high priority shall be given to efforts to increase agricultural production, particularly the establishment or expansion of adaptive research programs designed to increase acre-yields of the major food crops. Such research programs, to the greatest extent possible, should be based on cooperative undertakings between universities and research institutions in the developing countries and United States universities and research institutions.” (b) Section 212, which relates to authorization, is amended by striking out “1966” and inserting in lieu thereof “1967”. 80 Stat. 798 (c) Section 214, which relates to American schools and hospitals abroad, is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (b), strike out “to hospitals outside the United States founded or sponsored by United States citizens and serving as centers for medical education and research” and insert in lieu thereof “to institutions referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to hospital centers for medical education and research outside the United States, founded or sponsored by United States citizens”. (2) Subsection (c), which relates to authorization, is amended by striking out “1966, $7,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “1967, $10,989,000”. (3) At the end of such section add the following new subsection: “(d) There is authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of section 214(b), in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the fiscal year 1967, $1,000,000 in foreign currencies which the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States.”