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66 S T A T. 1 Public Law 400

PUBLIC LAW 400-JUNE 20, 1952

lit CHAPTER 449

^ ^ ^^^ To amend the Mutual Security Act of 1951, and for other purposes.

June 20. 1952 [H. R. 7005]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may A<?t"f'is>^52f"'"^ be cited as the "Mutual Security Act of 1952". SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Mutual Security Act of 1951 is amended by ^^ Stat. 373^ inserting " (a) " after the section number and by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(b) 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 preserving peace in the North Atlantic area. In order to provide further encouragement to such efforts, the Congress believes it essential that this Act should be so administered as to support concrete measures for political federation, military integration, and economic unification in Europe. Appropriations made pursuant to paragraphs 101 (a) (l), r e l a t i n g to m i l i t a r y 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, respectively, "2^ifs c^l'571 to furnish assistance (including, in the case of amounts available pur- note, 1554. suant to paragraph 101 (a)(2), transfers of funds) to any of the following organizations: (A) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, (B) the European Coal and Steel Community, (C) the organization which may evolve from current international discussions concerning a European defense community." SEC. 3. Title I (relating to Europe) of the Mutual Security Act of Europe. 1951 is amended as follows: (a) In paragraph 101 (a)(1), insert ", for Spain," after "parties to 22 USC lesi. the North Atlantic Treaty". (b) At the end of section 101(a)(1), which relates to military assistance for Europe, add the following new sentence: "There is hereby authorized 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 Assistance 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." (c) Amend section 101(a)(2), which relates to defense support and economic assistance for Europe, to read as follows: "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 covered by paragraph (1) of this subsection and to any other country .,,. covered by section 503 of this Act in accordance with the provisions of such section; and in addition unexpended balances of 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." (d) A t the end of section 101, add the following new subsection: "(c) Not less than $25,000,000 of the funds made available under ^pam. authority of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be used for ecomomic, technical, and military assistance to Spain in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Unexpended balances of appropria-