Joint resolution to support emergency food assistance to India
PL 90-7 (H.J.Res.267), enacted 04/01/1967

India. 
Emergency food 
assistance. 
81 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-7-APR. 1, 1967 
Public Law 90-7 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
April i, i967 
To support emerjiency food a.ssistance to India. 
[H. j . Res. 267] 
Whereas the Congress has dechired it to be the policy of the United 
States to combat hunger and malnutrition and to encourage eco-
nomic development in the developing countries; and 
Whereas two years of drought have caused a grave food shortage in 
India which threatens the lives and health of millions of people; 
and 
Whereas the urgency of the need of the Indian people and the time 
needed for congressional deliberation have required the United 
States already to commit three million six hundred thousand tons 
of grain valued at $275,000,000 as a part of the eight to ten million 
tons of grain estimated to be required during the calendar year 1967 
from outside India to prevent irreparable hardship to the people 
of India; and 
Whereas the programs of economic and agricultural development 
which have been launched by the Government of India would be 
seriously impaired if the international community failed to act 
promptly and on an adequate scale to meet the urgent needs of 
the people of India: Therefore be it 
Resolved hy the Sena.te and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the Congress approves 
the participation of the United States in cooperation with other 
countries and with multilateral organizations, including the Interna-
tional Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Food and Agricul-
ture Organization, and others, in urgent international 
efforts 
designed to— 
(a) develop a comprehensive self-help approach to the wa,r on 
hunger based on a fair sharing of the burden among the nations 
of the world; 
(b) encourage and assist the Government of India in achieving 
food self-sufficiency; and 
(c) help meet India's critical food and nutritional needs by 
making available agricultural commodities or other resources 
needed for food procurement or production. 
Because uncertainty in connection with Public Law 480 transactions 
tends to depress market prices, it is the sense of Congress that, in 
carrying out this Aid to India program, the Administration should, 
subject to the requirement of section 401 of Public Law 480 with 
respect to the availability of the commodity at the time of exportation, 
make announcements of intention, purchases and shipments of com-
modities on schedules and under circumstances w^hich will protect 
and strengthen farm market prices to the maximum extent possible. 
The (\)ngress endorses the President's policy of equal participation 
. ^quai participa-
on the part of the United States with all other nations, under terms ^^°" ^ 
and conditions set forth in Public Law 480, as amended, in assisting 
the (lovernment of India to meet these needs. 
Further, the Congress recommends, on the basis of estimates now 
Additional food 
available, that the United States provide an additional amount of 
food grain not to exceed three million tons at an estimated cost of 
$190,000,000 as the LTnited States share toward meeting the India food 
deficit, provided it is appropriately matched, and specifically extends 
its support to the allocation of approximately $190,000,000 of funds 
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grain. 
Additional emer-
gency food relief. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-8-APR. 4, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
available to the (jonnnodity Credit Corporation in calendar vear ]967 
which will be required to ac(x)mplish this purpose. 
The Congress further recommends that the President provide an 
additional $25,0(X),()0() of emergency food relief foi- distribution by 
CARE and otlier American voluntarv agencies. 
Approved April 1, 1967, 12:22 p.m. 
Public Law 90-8 
April 4, 1967 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 7123] 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^ Supplemental 
United Sttttcs of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
prlairon A^t^"^"' 
sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
1967. 
' 
appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may 
be cited as the "Supplemental Defense Appropriation Act, 1967") for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
^"' 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for "Military personnel, Army", $650,-
500,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for "Military personnel. Navy", 
$220,800,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for "Military personnel. Marine Corps", 
$58,400,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for "Military personnel. Air Force", 
$403,700,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional 
amount for "Reserve personnel, 
Army", 
$14,900,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for "National Guard personnel. Army", 
" - 
$15,280,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for "National Guard personnel. Air 
Force", $290,000: Provided, That not less than twenty-five National 
Guard airlift groups shall be maintained during fiscal year 1968.