Action Alert mailing reported on the victory of the anti-apartheid movement when the U.S. House of Representatives voted on October 27, 1983 to include four important South Africa provisions in the Export Administration Act (HR 3231). These provisions are: 1) Gray amendment - to end new U.S. corporate investment in South Africa. 2) Solarz provision - mandates the Sullivan fair employment principles, ends commercial bank loans to the South African government, and bans the importation of South African gold coins, including Krugerrands. 3) Berman provision - reinstates Carter Administration export controls on goods to the South African military and police. 4) Wolpe amendment - expands nuclear...
Action Alert mailing reported on the victory of the anti-apartheid movement when the U.S. House of Representatives voted on October 27, 1983 to include four important South Africa provisions in the Export Administration Act (HR 3231). These provisions are: 1) Gray amendment - to end new U.S. corporate investment in South Africa. 2) Solarz provision - mandates the Sullivan fair employment principles, ends commercial bank loans to the South African government, and bans the importation of South African gold coins, including Krugerrands. 3) Berman provision - reinstates Carter Administration export controls on goods to the South African military and police. 4) Wolpe amendment - expands nuclear non-proliferation export controls to include parts and technology transfers, as well as reactors and nuclear fuel, to countries (including South Africa) that refuse full-scope International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards on their nuclear facilities. This victory follows another significant success in August 1983, when the House passed the International Recovery and Financial Stability Act (HR 2957), commonly referred to as the IMF authorization bill, which also contained sanctions against the South African government. The mailing says the Reagan Administration's strategy is to defeat these South Africa amendments in the House-Senate Conference Committee. People are urged to contact their Senators and voice strong support for all the South African provisions in the Export Administration Act.
