Anti-Apartheid Action Act of 1985

Summary

Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 - Prohibits any U.S. person from making any loan to South Africa or to any organization owned or controlled by South Africa. Excludes from such prohibition a loan for any educational, housing, or health facility which: (1) is available to everyone on a nondiscriminatory basis; and (2) is located in an area accessible to all population groups. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to loans for which an agreement is entered into before enactment of this Act. Directs the President to issue regulations prohibiting U.S. persons from making any investment (including bank loans) in South Africa. Excludes from such prohibition: (1) an investment which consists of earnings derived from a business enterprise in South Africa established before enactment of this Act and which is made in that business enterprise; or (2) the purchase of certain securities in such business enterprises. Prohibits any person, including U.S. banks, from importing into the United States any gold coin minted in or offered for sale by South Africa. Authorizes the President to waive the prohibitions against investments in South African businesses and against importing South African gold coins if: (1) the Government of South Africa meets at least one of seven conditions; (2) the President submits to the Congress a determination that such conditions are met; and (3) a joint resolution is enacted approving such determination. Authorizes the President to extend the waivers. Provides for expedited consideration of such joint resolution. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit exporting computers, computer software, or goods or technology intended to service computers to or for use by South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa. Excludes from such prohibition donations of computers to primary and secondary schools. Declares that certain termination provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979 shall not apply to such prohibition. Provides for enforcement of this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the President to attempt to persuade through negotiations other countries to adopt restrictions on new investment in South Africa, on bank loans and computer sales to South Africa, and on the importation of krugerrands. Directs the President to submit annual reports to the Congress on the status of negotiations. Terminates the provisions of this Act and all the regulations issued to carry out this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a determination submitted by the President to the Congress that apartheid in South Africa has been abolished.

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Timeline

1. 7 March 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 7 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 15 March 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance.

   Source: Committee

5. 1 April 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance Discharged.

   Source: Committee

6. 1 April 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.

   Source: Committee

7. 17 April 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 18 April 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 30 April 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

10. 30 April 1985

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

    Source: Committee

11. 2 May 1985

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

12. 2 May 1985

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

13. 2 May 1985

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations Discharged.

    Source: Committee

14. 9 May 1985

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Report No: 99-76 (Part I).

    Source: Committee

15. 9 May 1985

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Report No: 99-76 (Part I).

    Source: Committee

16. 16 May 1985

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.174 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

17. 16 May 1985

    Reported

    Reported to House by House Committee on Rules. Report No: 99-76 (Part II).

    Source: Committee

18. 16 May 1985

    Reported

    Reported to House by House Committee on Rules. Report No: 99-76 (Part II).

    Source: Committee

19. 16 May 1985

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing Two Hours of General Debate; Providing for Consideration of the Foreign Affairs Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Now Printed in the Bill; Waiving Certain Points of Order.

    Source: Floor

20. 21 May 1985

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

21. 21 May 1985

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

22. 4 June 1985

    Floor

    Considered by House Unfinished Business.

    Source: Floor

23. 5 June 1985

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 295 - 127 (Record Vote No: 141).

    Source: Floor

24. 5 June 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 295 - 127 (Record Vote No: 141).

    Source: Floor

25. 5 June 1985

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

26. 5 June 1985

    Floor

    Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.

    Source: Floor

27. 10 June 1985

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

    Source: Calendars

28. 10 June 1985

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate, read the first time.

    Source: IntroReferral

29. 26 June 1985

    Calendars

    Read the second time and placed on the calendar General Orders. Calendar No. 206.

    Source: Calendars

30. 11 July 1985

    Floor

    Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 995 amended.

    Source: Floor

31. 11 July 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 995 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-12. Record Vote No: 149.

    Source: Floor

32. 17 July 1985

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 17 July 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Fascell, Solarz, Bonker, Wolpe, Crockett, Dymally, Berman, Weiss, Garcia, Broomfield, Siljander, Dornan (CA), DeWine, Burton (IN), St Germain, Gonzalez, Annunzio, Mitchell, Neal, Barnard, Morrison (CT), Wylie, McKinney, Leach, Hiler.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 17 July 1985

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

35. 25 July 1985

    Passed

    Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Lugar; Helms; Mathias; Kassebaum; Garn; Heinz; Pell; Sarbanes; Cranston; Proxmire; Kennedy. (Kennedy in lieu of Cranston for section 15 of the Senate amendment.).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

36. 25 July 1985

    Floor

    Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

37. 31 July 1985

    Passed

    Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

38. 31 July 1985

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

39. 1 August 1985

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.251 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

40. 1 August 1985

    Vote

    Motion to table conference report rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 0-97. Record Vote No: 168.

    Source: Floor

41. 1 August 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference papers, Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

42. 1 August 1985

    Vote

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 380 - 48 (Record Vote No: 288).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

43. 1 August 1985

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 380 - 48 (Record Vote No: 288).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

44. 1 August 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 99-242 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

45. 1 August 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-242 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

46. 1 August 1985

    Floor

    Considered by House Pursuant to H.Res.251.

    Source: Floor

47. 9 September 1985

    Floor

    Second cloture motion on the conference report presented in Senate.

    Source: Floor

48. 9 September 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report considered in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

49. 10 September 1985

    Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

    Source: Floor

50. 11 September 1985

    Vote

    Second cloture on the conference report not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57-41. Record Vote No: 173.

    Source: Floor

51. 11 September 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report considered in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

52. 12 September 1985

    Vote

    Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 11-88. Record Vote No: 175.

    Source: Floor

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• Conference report filed in House

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• Passed Senate amended

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Related records

• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1460) to express the opposition of the United States to the system of apartheid in South Africa, and for other purposes.
• related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against the conference report on the bill (H.R. 1460) to express the opposition of the United States to the system of apartheid in South Africa, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985
• related to ← Anti-Apartheid Action Act of 1985
• amends ← An amendment to require that U.S. persons setting up a business enterprise in South Africa adhere to the Sullivan Principles which involve 1) desegregation of the races, 2) equal employment, 3) equitable pay system, 4) minimum wage and salary, 5) increasing blacks and other nonwhites in certain jobs, 6) improving life outside the workplace, and 7) fair labor practices.
• amends ← An amendment to add that the ban on importation of krugerrands into the U.S. is to apply only to the extent it is not inconsistent with the obligations of the United States under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
• amends ← An amendment to insert a section for future anti-apartheid measures stating that Congress urges the President to consult with other countries, particularly the major allies of the United States, with respect to the implementation in the future of any anti-apartheid measures being considered by the United States or any such country, in order to encourage multilateral, rather than unilateral, implementation of such measures.
• amends ← An amendment providing that the restrictions on new investment in section 4 of the bill shall not apply if the Secretary of State determines on the basis of polling substantial numbers of non-white South Africans that they oppose the divestiture by U.S. persons of their South African investments or oppose the the prohibition on new investment there.
• amends ← An amendment providing that Sec. 4 of the bill ceases to be effective if (1) an internationally supervised referendum has been conducted which demonstrates that a majority of non-white South Africans oppose the ban on new investment, and (2) the Secretary certifies that the referdum was conducted in a fair manner and the results are believed to be definitive. Section 4 of the bill provides for restrictions on new investments, including bank loans in South Africa by American concerns or individuals.
• amends ← An amendment to require registration of krugerrands sold in the United States and to impose a tariff with receipts going toward the education of black South Africans.

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