US Foreign Assistance Legislation, Objectives and Organizations

Legislation, Presidential Initiatives and Strategy Papers Foreign Assistance Objectives US Foreign Assistance Organizations

Poverty Reduction
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 USAID
Economic Growth
Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
Bush Administration's FY 2003 Budget Request
Business Development
Office of Democracy and Governance
2002 National Security Strategy
Market Reform Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
and Famine Assistance
FREEDOM Support Act of 1992 (Former Soviet States)
Encourage Foreign Investment
Food for Peace
SEED Act of 1989 (East European Democracy)
Financial Technical Assistance Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade

US Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Act of 2003 Bureau of Global Health
International Trade
Economic Support Fund
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
Job Creation
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, de-mining
FY 2004 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act and related programs
Democratization
Legislation

International Military Education and Training Program

Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962
Governance / Rule of Law
Office of Transition Initiatives
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
Media Freedom Famine Early Warning System Network

Arms Export Control Act of 1976

Transparency and Accountability
The Millennium Challenge Corporation
Bretton Woods Agreement Act of 1945
Monitoring and Evaluation

President Bush's HIV/AIDS Act of 2003

Child Survival Department of State
HELP Commission Act
Strengthen Civil Society
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Special Foreign Assistance Act of 1986
Education Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator

International Security Assistance Act of 1979 Middle East Peace Initiative

Human Rights
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
Empowerment of Women
Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children
in Developing Countries Act of 2005 Religious Freedom Office of Politico-Military Affairs

Bureau of International Narcotics

Labor Reform and Law Enforcement Affairs
USAID White Paper on American Foreign Aid
Affordable Nuclear Energy Humanitarian Information Unit
National Security Strategy of the USA (2006)
Special Coordinator's Office
Nonproliferation
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs,
Afghanistan Road Initiative Trade Policy and Programs Division
Agricultural Development

Africa Education Initiative Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental

Global Health and Scientific Affairs
Centers for Excellence in Teacher Training
HIV/AIDS Office of International Health Affairs
Presidential Initiatives in USAID

Central American Free Trade Agreement

Tuberculosis and Malaria Department of Defense
Clean Energy Initiative
Humanitarian Assistance
Department of Treasury
Congo Basin Forest Partnership
Disaster Relief
Office of Foreign Asset Controls
Digital Freedom Initiative
Famine Relief Office of Technical Assistance

Faith-based and Community Initiatives Office of International Affairs

Migration Assistance

Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Department of Health and Human Services
Refugee Assistance

Initiative to End Hunger in Africa National Institutes of Health

Prevention of Human Trafficking
Office of Global Health
Trade for African Development and Enterprise
Anti-terrorism
Office of International Affairs
Volunteers for Prosperity
Counter-narcotics
Department of Agriculture
Water for the Poor Initiative
Biodiversity Preservation
Foreign Agricultural Service (Food for Progress,
McGovern-Dole Food for Education)
Presidential Initiatives

Global Climate Change Natural Resource Management

Forest Service
Outside USAID

Middle East Partnership Initiative Ensure Water Access

Department of Energy
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Sustainable Forest Management

President's Initiative Against Illegal Logging Human Resources Development Department of Commerce

Trafficking in Persons Conflict Prevention United States Trade Representative

Conflict Resolution
Women's Justice and Empowerment in Africa United States Court
Environmental Protection
of International
Agency Trade
Peacekeeping Operations
Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Stabilization
Policy Framework for Bilateral Aid (January 2006)

De-mining Operations Peace Corps

White Paper - US Foreign Aid: meeting the Challenges
New Initiatives

of the 21st Century

Security US Trade and Development Agency
Fragile States Strategy (January 2005)
Reconstruction
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Democracy and Governance Strategic Framework
Infrastructure Construction

Mitigating the Development Impacts of HIV/AIDS FEMA (Office of International Affairs)

Foreign Aid in the National Interest Foreign Military Assistance

Scientific and Technological Innovation US Small Business Administration

USAID - State Strategic Plan

Information Technology African Development Foundation

Nine Principles (February 2005)

Business Transformation Inter-American Development Foundation

Source: Lael Brainard, Security by Other Means (Brookings, 2006) Office of National Drug Control Policy