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House Roll Call 127, 99th Congress · June 5, 1985

TO AMEND H R 1460 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE GUNDERSON SUBSTITUTE ESTABLISHES FAIR BUSINESS STANDARDS ("SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES"), WITH UP TO A $1 MILLION FINE AND/OR 2-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR NONCOMPLIANCE; IMPOSES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WITHIN 2 YEARS OF ENACTMENT IF CERTIFIABLE PROGRESS TOWARD ENDING APARTHEID HAS NOT BEEN MADE; AUTHORIZES $15 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR EDUCATION AND TEACHING TRAINING, AND $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; AND ESTABLISHES A UNITED STATES-SOUTH AFRICA COMMISSION. (MOTION FAILED)

112 yea · 313 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat7 yea · 233 nay
Republican105 yea · 78 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1460 ↗

Anti-Apartheid Action Act of 1985

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Free trade”

    model(0.90): Delaying sanctions and replacing immediate bans with standards avoids strict trade restrictions.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (112)

Nay (314)

Not voting or present (7)

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