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HCONRES 126 102th Congress House International Affairs Apartheid Capital punishment Detention of persons Foreign Trade and International Finance Human rights Political prisoners Sanctions (International law) South Africa United Nations

Concerning United States sanctions against South Africa.

Introduced: April 16, 1991 Introduced by: Mfume, Kweisi Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Apr 30, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 29, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa.
Apr 29, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Apr 16, 1991
Introduced in House
Apr 16, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls upon the South African Government to: (1) repeal all laws and legislation that maintain the system of apartheid; and (2) release all political prisoners, terminate the policy of detention without trial, cease all executions of political prisoners, and grant all black South African exiles the opportunity to return home.

Urges the President: (1) through the Secretary of State, to investigate the South African Government's role in the factional fighting affecting the black townships and reports of official South African death squads; and (2) not to ease or lift sanctions against such Government under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 until all the preconditions for lifting such Act are met and the process toward the establishment of nonracial democracy is irreversible.

What's happening now April 30, 1991

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
LEWIS, JOHN
· Jun 27, 1991
CONYERS, JOHN
· Jun 6, 1991
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Jun 6, 1991
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 7, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 16, 1991
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 16, 1991
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