Analysis of Whether the District of Columbia South Africa Investment Act (D.C. Act 5-76) Violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution and the Exclusive Federal Power To Conduct Foreign Relations

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Reviews the Prohibition of the Investment of Public Funds in Financial Institutions and Companies Making Loans to or Doing Business with the Republic of South Africa or Namibia Act of 1983 (South A...

Reviews the Prohibition of the Investment of Public Funds in Financial Institutions and Companies Making Loans to or Doing Business with the Republic of South Africa or Namibia Act of 1983 (South Africa Investment Act), which prohibits direct investment of funds in South African or Namibian interests and restricts private commerce with those interests. Presents challenges to the the South Africa Investment Act based on the Commerce Clause of the Constitution and exclusive Federal power to conduct foreign relations.

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