House Subcommittee on Africa
Washington, DC, United States
April 1985
2 pages
This document, produced by the Africa Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, was circulated by TransAfrica. The memorandum outlines HR 1460, HR 997, HR 1098, HR 1133, HR 1134, HR 1135, HR 820, HR 820, HR 295, HR 501, HR 632, HR 925, HR 926, HR 1123, HR 1358, HR 1357, and HR 1812 that have been introduced in the House of Representatives. The bills contain various provisions that would prohibit new investment in South Africa and Namibia, ban importation of Krugerrand gold coins, mandate corporate disinvestment, prohibit landing rights for South African aircraft, prohibit tax credits and deductions for U.S. firms operating in South Africa for any income...
This document, produced by the Africa Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, was circulated by TransAfrica. The memorandum outlines HR 1460, HR 997, HR 1098, HR 1133, HR 1134, HR 1135, HR 820, HR 820, HR 295, HR 501, HR 632, HR 925, HR 926, HR 1123, HR 1358, HR 1357, and HR 1812 that have been introduced in the House of Representatives. The bills contain various provisions that would prohibit new investment in South Africa and Namibia, ban importation of Krugerrand gold coins, mandate corporate disinvestment, prohibit landing rights for South African aircraft, prohibit tax credits and deductions for U.S. firms operating in South Africa for any income paid to South Africa, prohibit importation of South African coal and uranium, prohibit export to South Africa of nuclear items and goods and technology, directs the U.S. Executive Director of the IMF to vote against loans to South Africa, prohibit export of any goods or technology to the South African police or military, prohibit export of computers to or for use of the South African government, reimpose certain export controls on South Africa lifted by President Reagan, requires the Secretary of Labor to investigate labor conditions in South Africa and Namibia compared to standards of the ILO, and denies federal contracts to any firm which invests in South Africa. The memorandum reports that on March 27, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved (16-1) a bill offered by Senator Charles Mathias which requires the president to decide which of several sanctions against South Africa should be imposed if significant progress has not been made on issues of housing, abolition of travel restrictions for blacks, labor union rights, and black education.
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