22 U.S.C. § 2151b
Population planning and health programs
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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The Congress recognizes that poor health conditions and uncontrolled population growth can vitiate otherwise successful development efforts.
Large families in developing countries are the result of complex social and economic factors which change relatively slowly among the poor majority least affected by economic progress, as well as the result of a lack of effective birth control. Therefore, effective family planning depends upon economic and social change as well as the delivery of services and is often a matter of political and religious sensitivity. While every country has the right to determine its own policies with respect to population growth, voluntary population planning programs can make a substantial contribution to economic development, higher living standards, and improved health and nutrition.
Good health conditions are a principal element in improved quality of life and contribute to the individual’s capacity to participate in the development process, while poor health and debilitating disease can limit productivity.
In order to increase the opportunities and motivation for family planning and to reduce the rate of population growth, the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for voluntary population planning. In addition to the provision of family planning information and services, including also information and services which relate to and support natural family planning methods, and the conduct of directly relevant demographic research, population planning programs shall emphasize motivation for small families.
Health and population research and analysis carried out under this chapter shall—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the President, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Foreign Assistance Act of 1973House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Assistance Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Development Cooperation Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Special Foreign Assistance Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003House: 375–41Senate: no recorded tally