# 22 U.S.C. § 2151b: Population planning and health programs

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## Section

- **Citation:** 22 U.S.C. § 2151b
- **Heading:** Population planning and health programs
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE > CHAPTER 32—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER I—INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT > Part I—Declaration of Policy › Development Assistance Authorizations

## Text

The Congress recognizes that poor health conditions and uncontrolled population growth can vitiate otherwise successful development efforts.

Large families in developing countries are the result of complex social and economic factors which change relatively slowly among the poor majority least affected by economic progress, as well as the result of a lack of effective birth control. Therefore, effective family planning depends upon economic and social change as well as the delivery of services and is often a matter of political and religious sensitivity. While every country has the right to determine its own policies with respect to population growth, voluntary population planning programs can make a substantial contribution to economic development, higher living standards, and improved health and nutrition.

Good health conditions are a principal element in improved quality of life and contribute to the individual’s capacity to participate in the development process, while poor health and debilitating disease can limit productivity.

( Pub. L. 87–195 , pt. I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 93–189, § 2(3) , Dec. 17, 1973 , 87 Stat. 715 ; amended Pub. L. 93–559, § 4(1) , Dec. 30, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1795 ; Pub. L. 94–161, title III, § 304 , Dec. 20, 1975 , 89 Stat. 857 ; Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 103(a) –(c), Aug. 3, 1977 , 91 Stat. 534 ; Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 104(a) , Oct. 6, 1978 , 92 Stat. 945 ; Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 102 , Aug. 14, 1979 , 93 Stat. 360 ; Pub. L. 96–533, title III, § 302 , Dec. 16, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3145 ; Pub. L. 97–113, title III, § 302 , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1532 ; Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 101(1) [title V, § 541(a)] , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 1884 , 1903; Pub. L. 99–83, title III , §§ 303–305(a), Aug. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 214 ; Pub. L. 99–529, title I, § 103 , title IV, § 404(1), Oct. 24, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3011 , 3019; Pub. L. 106–264, title I, § 111(a) , title II, § 203, Aug. 19, 2000 , 114 Stat. 751 , 759; Pub. L. 108–25, title III , §§ 301(a)(1), 303(c), May 27, 2003 , 117 Stat. 728 , 737.)

## Nearby sections

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- [22 U.S.C. § 2151–1 Development assistance policy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151%E2%80%931.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151–2 Actions to improve the international gender policy of the United States Agency for International Development](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151%E2%80%932.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151a Agricultural development in rural areas](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151a.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151a–1 Agricultural research](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151a%E2%80%931.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151aa Program to provide technical assistance to foreign governments and foreign central banks of developing or transitional countries](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151aa.md)
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- [22 U.S.C. § 2151b–1 Assistance for malaria prevention, treatment, control, and elimination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151b%E2%80%931.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151b–2 Assistance to combat HIV/AIDS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151b%E2%80%932.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151b–3 Assistance to combat tuberculosis](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151b%E2%80%933.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151b–4 Assistance to combat malaria](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151b%E2%80%934.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151c Education and human resources development](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151c.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151c–1 United States assistance to support educational services for displaced children](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151c%E2%80%931.md)
- [22 U.S.C. § 2151d Development of indigenous energy resources](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t22_s2151d.md)

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