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Business and industry.

PUBLIC LAW 99-440—OCT. 2, 1986

(2) the policy of confining South African blacks and other nonwhites to the status of employees in minority-dominated businesses, is an affront to the values of a free society, (b) The Congress hereby— (1) applauds the commitment of nationals of the United States adhering to the Code of Conduct to assure that South African blacks and other nonwhites are given assistance in gaining their rightful place in the South African economy; and (2) urges the United States Government to assist in all appropriate ways the realization by South African blacks and other nonwhites of their rightful place in the South African economy. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State and any other head of a department or agency of the United States carrying out activities in South Africa shall, to the maximum extent practicable, in procuring goods or services, make affirmative efforts to assist business enterprises having more than 50 percent beneficial ownership by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

12 USC 635.

Business and industry.

SEC. 204. Section 2(b)(9) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 is amended— (1) by striking out "(9) In" and inserting in lieu thereof "(9)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(B) The Bank shall take active steps to encourage the use of its facilities to guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in the extension of credit to business enterprises in South Africa that are majority owned by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans. The certification requirement contained in clause (c) of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to exports to or purchases from business enterprises which are majority owned by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans.". LABOR PRACTICES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Employment and unemployment. 22 USC 5032.

contracts.

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SEC. 205. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the labor practices used by the United States Government— (1) for the direct hire of South Africans, (2) for the reimbursement out of official residence funds of South Africans and employees of South African organizations for their long-term employment services on behalf of the United States Government, and (3) for the employment services of South Africans arranged by contract, should represent the best of labor practices in the United States and should serve as a model for the labor practices of nationals of the United States in South Africa. (b) The Secretary of State and any other head of a department or agency of the United States carrying out activities in South Africa shall promptly take, without regard to any provision of law, the necessary steps to ensure that the labor practices applied to the employment services described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection i^a) are governed by the Code of Conduct. Nothing in this

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