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United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the US government unit responsible for most non-military foreign aid[?]. USAID predecessors included the Marshall Plan reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration's Point Four Program[?]. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act[?] into law and by executive order established USAID.
- 1945 - Bretton Woods Agreement PL 79-171
- 1950 - Economic Cooperation Act[?] PL 81-535
- 1957 - Mutual Security Act PL 85-141
- 1959 - Inter-American Development Bank Act[?] PL 86-147
- 1961 - Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program[?] PL 87-41
- 1961 - Foreign Assistance Act[?] PL 87-195
- 1973 - Foreign Assistance Act[?] PL 93-189
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