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Date: 1979-09-25

Result: 370-27

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Budget

Bill number: HR5218

Description: TO PASS H.R. 5218, TO AMEND THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 TO AUTHORIZE SPECIAL CARIBBEAN HURRICANE RELIEF ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)

Bill summary: Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize disaster relief and reconstruction assistance to alleviate human suffering caused by hurricanes in the Caribbean. Stipulates that priority shall be given to furnishing agricultural commodities under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

Bill titles: A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize special Caribbean hurricane relief assistance.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 125, p. 8441;

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