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HCONRES 243 99th Congress House International Affairs Apartheid Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Peace Political prisoners South Africa

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift the restrictions imposed on Winnie…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift the restrictions imposed on Winnie Mandela.

Introduced: December 6, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Dec 13, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.
Dec 6, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 6, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should: (1) immediately release Nelson Mandela from prison and revoke Winnie Mandela's banning order; and (2) negotiate with Nelson Mandela and other black leaders of South Africa to bring a peaceful end to apartheid and achieve political equality for all the people of that country.

What's happening now December 13, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 28, 1986
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 11, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 243: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift the restrictions imposed on Winnie Mandela.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-243/
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"H. Con. Res. 243: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift the restrictions imposed on Winnie Mandela.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-243/.
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H. Con. Res. 243, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-243/.
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[H. Con. Res. 243: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift the restrictions imposed on Winnie Mandela.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-243/)
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