[Hizonner]

Actually in 1961 it was purely an executive thing. I think it was either 1978 or 1998 when Congress put it into statute.

[anigbrowl]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_Inter...

Sadly one of the references in that paragraph is a dead link now, because it references the USAID website which has been taken offline.