Foreign Assistance and Belated Programs Appropriations Act, 1975
Public Law 94-11 · H.R. 4592 · 94th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Mar 26, 1975 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Otto Passman (D-LA-5)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 193 yea, 185 nay193–185
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act - =Title I: Foreign Assistance Act Activities= - Authorizes aggregate appropriations of $3,674,346,982 to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act relating to: economic assistance; Indochina postwar reconstruction $499,000,000; the Middle East special requirements fund, $100,000,000; security supporting assistance, $660,000,000 (including $324,500,000 to Israel, and $250,000,000 to Egypt) and military assistance, $475,000,000 (which includes limits on the number of flag and general officers which may be assigned to military advisory groups).
Restricts the uses of funds under this Act including prohibitions on use of such funds for assistance to North Vietnam or for support of prisons in South Vietnam.
Requires that such funds be used for the stated projects and in the amounts justified to the Appropriations Committees unless such Committees have prior notification.
=Title II: Foreign Military Credit Sales= - Authorizes appropriation of $300,000,000 for credit sales to Israel.
=Title III: Foreign Assistance (Other)= - Authorizes appropriations for the Peace Corps, for refugees, including the Palestinian refugees, and for international financial institutions for designated developmental programs.
=Title IV: Export - Import Bank of the United States= - Authorizes expenditures by the Bank of $6,403,086,000.
=Title V: General Provisions= - Prohibits use of funds under this Act for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 94th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 217 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
217 yea207 nay8 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(163)
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9- Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
- Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
- Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19- Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
- Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
- Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
- Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
- Rep. Frederick RichmondD-NY-14
- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
- Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
- Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
- Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
- Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
- Rep. John McFallD-CA-14
- Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
- Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
- Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
- Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
- Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
- Rep. Helen MeynerD-NJ-13
- Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
- Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
- Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
- Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
- Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
- Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
- Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
- Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
- Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
- Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
- Rep. Abner MikvaD-IL-10
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
- Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
- Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
- Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
- Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
- Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
- Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
- Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
- Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
- Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
- Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
- Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
- Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Paul TsongasD-MA-5
- Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
- Rep. Philip HayesD-IN-8
- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
- Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
- Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
- Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
- Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
- Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
- Rep. Donald RiegleD-MI-7
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
- Rep. Tim HallD-IL-15
- Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
- Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
- Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
- Rep. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
- Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
- Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
- Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
- Rep. Robert CornellD-WI-8
- Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
- Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-23
- Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
- Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. Edward PattisonD-NY-29
- Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
- Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
- Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
- Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
- Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
- Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
- Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
- Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
- Rep. John KrebsD-CA-17
- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
- Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. Robert KruegerD-TX-21
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
- Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
- Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
Republicans who voted yea(54)
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
- Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
- Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
- Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
- Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Marvin EschR-MI-2
- Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
- Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
- Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
- Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
- Rep. Gary MyersR-PA-25
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-39
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 59 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 24 actions.
- Mar 26, 1975Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-11.
- PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Mar 25, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Mar 24, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #87 (193-185).House roll call 87
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #87 (193-185).House roll call 87
- Mar 21, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-108.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-108.
- Mar 20, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Mar 19, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #77 (57-40).Senate roll call 77
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Mar 17, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Mar 13, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #49 (212-201).House roll call 49
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
- Mar 10, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.