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    "ocrText": "- 13 -\n12. U. S. Foreign Relief Program: Public Law 84, approved May 31,\n1947, authorized the initial appropriations for the United States Foreign\nRelief Program. China's allocation out of these appropriations amounted\nto approximately $28.4 million. A supplementary appropriation of $18\nmillion for the China program was authorized under Public Law 393, approved\nDecember 23, 1947. Deliveries to China under the United States Foreign\nRelief Program were made during the first half of 1948, as follows:\nCereals\n$35,412,900\nSeeds\n88,400\nPesticides\n609,900\nMedical Supplies\n5,185,300\nEstimated shipping costs\n5,084,500\nTOTAL\n$46,381,000\n13. ECA Program: The current program of economic aid for China was\nauthorized on April 3, 1948, in the China Aid Act of 1948 (Title IV of the\nForeign Assistance Act of 1948). This Act authorized to be appropriated\n338,000,000 for economic assistance to China, to be available for obliga-\ntion for a period of one year from the date of enactment. The Act. further\nprovided for creation of a Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China.\nIt was specified that insofar as practicable a maximum of ten percent of the\nfunds made available for economic assistance should be allotted to the Rural\nReconstruction Program, in the form of United States dollars, proceeds in\nChinese currency from the sale of ECA commodities, or both.\nThe appropriation act passed on June 28 (PL 793) appropriated\n$275,000,000 for economic aid to China of which not more than $1,200,000\nwas to be obligated for administrative expenses.\nThe original ECA Program for China consisted of the following four\nmajor categories of expenditures:\na) A commodity program, through which ECA finances the importation\nof food, petroleum, cotton, fertilizer, and con] into China,\nand supervises the use within China of these commodities\n$203,800,000\nb) Participation with the Chinese Government in a Joint\nCommission on Rural Reconstruction\n2,500,000\nc) A program of industrial replacement and reconstruction,\ntogether with rolated engineering services\n67,500,000\nd) Administration in Washington, D. C. and China\n1,200,000\nTOTAL\n$275,000,000\nThe following table summarizes the status of the entire ECA China program\nas of January 6, 1950 (in millions of US dollars):\nProcurement Authorizations\n$175.8\nJCRR Administration\n0.2\nECA Administration\n1.3\nFreight Charges on private voluntary relief shipnents\n0.2\nUnobligated\n93.5\nSub-total\n$271.0\nAppropriated funds transforred to State Department for\nAid to Chinese Students\n4.0\nTOTAL\n$275.0\n1/ In addition, it is anticipated that approxinately 312 million presently\nobligated will be removed from obligation in the near future, due largely to\nthe cancellation of procurement authorizations for material originally destined\nfor Shanghai and south China."
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