An amendment to the Foreign Aid Bill which aims to make certain that any assistance given by the United States to Egypt will not be used, directly or indirectly, by the Egyptian Government for aggressive actions, was unanimously adopted by the House of Representatives. The amendment, proposed jointly by Congressman Leonard Farbstein, New York Democrat, and Seymour Halpern, New York Republican, reads:
“No assistance shall be furnished under this act to the United Arab Republic unless the President finds and reports within 30 days to the Foreign Relations Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that such assistance is essential to the national interest of the United States and that such assistance will neither directly nor indirectly assist aggressive actions by the United Arab Republic.”
In a statement following the vote, Rep. Halpern said the adoption of the amendment “is the strongest rebuff to the United Arab Republic ever made by the House.” He added that “with the adoption of this amendment, we serve notice on both Nasser and the State Department that we no longer tolerate flagrant misuse of our funds, nor do we plan to underwrite aggression in the Middle East.”
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