Word: bill
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Kraus said the first section of the bill, which the Senate committee rejected, included strict definitions of what constitutes business in South Africa and Namibia. Without that section, such a law would be less enforceable as it must rely on interpretations by state enforcement agencies to define business in South Africa...
...bill] could pass in the present from that it's in," said Lee Farris, South Africa coordinator of Mobilization for Survival, a multi-issue peace and justice organization. "But we would also like to see the bill return to its original language...
...first section prevents misinter-pretation of the rest of the bill, said Farris. "When you make a law, you want it to last forever," she said...
Proponents of the bill may hold a floor fight to replace the original wording of the bill, Kraus said...
...companies that could be affected by the bill argue that they should be permitted to continue contractual arrangements in South Africa...