Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975 was U.S. congressional legislation proposed to designate financial resources for the evacuation and humanitarian aid 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 foreign assistance for the South Indochina liberation movement during the military offensive by the People's Army of Vietnam, People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and Viet Minh into Cochinchina.

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975

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
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6096 by Thomas E. Morgan (D–PA) on April 17, 1975 Committee consideration by House International Relations Passed the House on April 23, 1975 (230-187) Passed the Senate on April 23, 1975 (75-17, in lieu of S. 1484) Reported by the joint conference committee on April 21, 1975; agreed to by the Senate on April 25, 1975 (46-17) and by the House on May 1, 1975 (162-246)

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.[1] The 38th President's legislative plea regarding the U.S. House of Representatives bill 6096 concluded on May 1, 1975.[2] 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 facilitating freedom flights from the south French Indochina region.[3]