Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975 was U.S. congressional legislation proposed to designate financial resources for the evacuation and humanitarian aid of South Vietnam preceding the Fall of Saigon. The Act of Congress was to grant the 38th President of the United States a U.S. monetary fund as immediate foreign assistance for the South Indochina liberation movement during the military offensive by the People's Army of Vietnam, People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and Viet Minh into Cochinchina.

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975
Other short titlesSouth Vietnam Assistance Act of 1975
Long titleAn Act to authorize funds for humanitarian assistance and evacuation programs in Vietnam and to clarify restrictions on the availability of funds for the use of U.S. Armed Forces in Indochina.
NicknamesVietnam Contingency Act of 1975
Enacted bythe 94th United States Congress
Legislative history

Legislative Plea for Indochina Evacuation Programs

On April 11, 1975, U.S. President Gerald Ford initiated discussions with the U.S. 94th Congressional session concerning legislation to assist the Republic of Vietnam.[1] The 38th President's legislative plea regarding the U.S. House of Representatives bill 6096 concluded on May 1, 1975.[2] The U.S. 94th House of Representatives rejected the Act in a vote of one hundred and sixty-two to two hundred and forty-six for U.S. monetary assistance facilitating freedom flights from the south French Indochina region.[3]

Illustrations

See also

1975 Spring OffensiveIndochina Wars
Case–Church AmendmentKhmer Rouge
Cooper–Church AmendmentMaoism
Declaration of Honolulu, 1966McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
Foreign Assistance ActPentagon Papers
Ho Chi Minh trailVietnam Veterans Memorial
Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance ActVietnamese boat people
Indochina refugee crisisWar of the Flags

Indochina Evacuation Operations of 1975

Operation Babylift
Operation Eagle Pull
Operation Frequent Wind
Operation New Arrivals
Operation New Life

References

  1. Ford, Gerald R. (1977). "Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting Proposed Legislation To Assist the Republic of Vietnam - April 11, 1975" [Public Papers of the Presidents, Gerald R. Ford 1975]. Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 474–475.
  2. Ford, Gerald R. (1977). "Letter to the Speaker of the House Urging Enactment of Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Legislation - May 1, 1975" [Public Papers of the Presidents, Gerald R. Ford 1975]. Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 608–609.
  3. Ford, Gerald R. (1977). "Statement on House Action Rejecting Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Legislation - May 1, 1975" [Public Papers of the Presidents, Gerald R. Ford 1975]. Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. p. 619.

Documentary Film Bibliography

  • Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (DVD). St. Laurent, Quebec: Madacy Entertainment Group. 2005. ISBN 9780778624332. OCLC 67107650.
  • That Was Nam: The Collection (DVD). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Mill Creek Entertainment. 2010. OCLC 744470026.
  • Vietnam: The Air War 1964-1972 (DVD). Portland, Oregon: Columbia River Entertainment Group. 2011. ISBN 9781587106323. OCLC 828146976.

Further reading

Historical Video Archives

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