The mailing reports that the Senate Foreign Re1ations Committee is expected to act on S 635, The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985, during the first week in June. Sponsored by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Lowell Weicker (R-CT), this bill would ban new corporate investment in South Africa, bank loans to the South African government, Krugerrand gold coin imports, and computer exports to the South African government and its agencies. The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 has already been approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and a floor vote in the House is expected before the Memorial Day recess. The mailing says Senate Republicans Richard Lugar, Robert Dole, and Charles Mathias have introduced...
The mailing reports that the Senate Foreign Re1ations Committee is expected to act on S 635, The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985, during the first week in June. Sponsored by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Lowell Weicker (R-CT), this bill would ban new corporate investment in South Africa, bank loans to the South African government, Krugerrand gold coin imports, and computer exports to the South African government and its agencies. The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 has already been approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and a floor vote in the House is expected before the Memorial Day recess. The mailing says Senate Republicans Richard Lugar, Robert Dole, and Charles Mathias have introduced a substitute in the Foreign Relations Committee that strengthens the Reagan Administration's policy of "constructive engagement" and delays debate on sanctions for two years. The mailing asks people to write to their Senators asking them to co-sponsor S 635 and reject any diversionary substitutes. Arch-conservative Republican Congressman Robert Walker (PA) has introduced HR 1595, which would repeal the Clark Amendment (which cuts off U.S. covert aid to Angolan rebels), recognize the South African-backed UNITA rebels as the legitimate government of Angola, and mandate the linkage of Namibian independence to Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola, among other dangerous proposals. Because of the growing Congressional support for sanctions against South Africa, Rep. Walker is expected to introduce elements of HR 1595 as amendments to serious sanctions bills. The mailing asks people to write their Congressmember urging them to reject any provisions from HR 1595 as amendments to any sanctions legislation.
