HRES 462
99th Congress
House
International Affairs
Anniversaries
Apartheid
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
South Africa
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the continuing acts of oppression of the South African Government, and for other purposes.
Introduced: June 4, 1986
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.
Jun 13, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Jun 4, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 4, 1986
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Declares that: (1) the U.S. people should honor, on the 10th anniversary of the Soweto demonstration, the memory of the children of Soweto who sacrificed their lives in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa; and (2) the House of Representatives is concerned about the continued acts of oppression by the South African Government against black South Africans.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1