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Other short titles South Vietnam Assistance Act of 1975 Long title An 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. Nicknames Vietnam Contingency Act of 1975 Enacted by the 94th United States Congress | ||
Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975 was U.S. congressional legislation proposed to designate financial resources for evacuation and humanitarian efforts 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 humanitarian aid to assist the South Indochina liberation movement during the influx of the People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam into French Indochina.
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. The 38th President's legislative plea regarding the U.S. House of Representatives bill 6096 concluded on May 1, 1975 when 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 faciliting freedom flights from Cochinchina.