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acted in support of all of these programs today. I would have liked to see 

these programs made permanent after 

the many years they have been in existence they should be. But I also understand that with permanence, the 

Senate should look at ways to improve 

them where possible so that they are 

more secure and more effective. I am 

prepared to do that. 

Though we take a small step forward 

today with these reauthorizations, I remain as committed today to tackle 

comprehensive immigration reform as 

I was when I supported President Bush 

in 2006 and 2007 in his efforts to make 

real change in our laws. I expect we 

will be there again soon and I look forward to the day we will once again 

begin the effort to strengthen and protect our entire immigration system. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Leahy-Grassley 

substitute amendment, which is at the 

desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; 

that a Leahy-Grassley amendment to 

the title, which is also at the desk, be 

agreed to; the motions to reconsider be 

laid upon the table with no intervening 

action or debate; and any statements 

related to the bill be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The amendment (No. 2773) was agreed 

to as follows: 

(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF EB–5 REGIONAL CENTER PROGRAM. 

Section 610 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 

U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place such 

term appears; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF E–VERIFY. 

Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration 

Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by 

striking ‘‘September 30, 2012’’ and inserting 

‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT NONMINISTER RELIGIOUS 

WORKER PROGRAM. 

Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) is amended— 

(1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

30, 2015’’; and 

(2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF CONRAD STATE 30 

J–1 VISA WAIVER PROGRAM. 

Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 

U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘September 30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 5. NO AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD. 

Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

authorize the planning, testing, piloting, or 

development of a national identification 

card. 

The amendment (No. 2774) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

(Purpose: To amend the title) 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to 

extend by 3 years the authorization of the 

EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E–Verify 

Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the 

Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program.’’. 

The bill (S. 3245) was ordered to be 

engrossed for a third reading, was read 

the third time, and passed. 

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AUTHORIZING THE ARCHITECT OF 

THE CAPITOL TO ESTABLISH 

BATTERY RECHARGING STATIONS 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed 

to H.R. 1402. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The assistant legislative clerk read 

as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 1402) to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction 

of the House of Representatives at no net 

cost to the Federal Government. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be read three 

times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any 

statement related to this matter be 

printed in the RECORD at the appropriate place. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (H.R. 1402) was ordered to a 

third reading, was read the third time, 

and passed. 

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REQUIRING TSA TO COMPLY WITH 

THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce 

Committee be discharged from further 

consideration of H.R. 3670, and the Senate proceed to its consideration. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 

will report the bill by title. 

The assistant legislative clerk read 

as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 3670) to require the Transportation Security Administration to comply 

with the Uniformed Service Employment 

and Re-Employment Rights Act. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read the 

third time and passed, the motion to 

reconsider be laid upon the table, with 

no intervening action or debate, and 

that any statements related to the 

measure be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (H.R. 3670) was read the third 

time and passed. 

CONDEMNING JOSEPH KONY AND 

THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed 

to the consideration of Calendar No. 

432, S. Res. 402. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The clerk will report. 

The assistant legislative clerk read 

as follows: 

A bill (S. Res. 402) condemning Joseph 

Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for 

committing crimes against humanity and 

mass atrocities, and supporting ongoing efforts by the United States Government and 

governments in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army commanders from the battlefield. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the resolution, 

which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with an 

amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof 

the following: 

(Strike out all after the resolving 

clause and insert the part printed in 

italic.) 

(Strike the preamble and insert the 

part printed in italic.) 

S. RES. 402 

Whereas the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 

wreaked havoc in northern Uganda for two decades, during which time the World Bank estimates that they abducted some 66,000 youth and 

forced them to serve as child soldiers and sex 

slaves and commit terrible acts; 

Whereas, under increasing pressure, Joseph 

Kony ordered the Lord’s Resistance Army in 

2005 and 2006 to withdraw from Uganda and to 

move west into the border region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and what would become the Republic of South Sudan; 

Whereas, since September 2008, Joseph Kony 

has directed the Lord’s Resistance Army to commit systematic, large-scale attacks against innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of 

Congo, the Central African Republic, and the 

Republic of South Sudan that have destabilized 

the region and resulted in the deliberate killing 

of at least 2,400 civilians, many of whom were 

targeted in schools and churches; the rape and 

brutal mutilation of an unknown number of 

men, women, and children; the abduction of 

over 3,400 civilians, including at least 1,500 children, many of them forced to become child soldiers or sex slaves; and the reported displacement of more than 465,000 civilians from their 

homes, many of whom do not have access to essential humanitarian assistance; 

Whereas insecurity caused by the Lord’s Resistance Army has undermined efforts by the 

governments in the region, which have been 

supported by the assistance of the United States 

and the international community, to consolidate 

peace and stability in each of the countries affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, since December 2001, the Department 

of State has included the Lord’s Resistance 

Army on its ‘‘Terrorist Exclusion List’’ and in 

August 2008, Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony was designated a ‘‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’’ by President George 

W. Bush pursuant to Executive Order 13224; 

Whereas, on October 6, 2005, the International 

Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against 

Joseph Kony and four of his top commanders for 

war crimes and crimes against humanity, yet 

they remain at large; 

Whereas, in May 2010, Congress passed and 

President Barack Obama signed into law the 


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Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and 

Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public 

Law 111–172), which made it the policy of the 

United States to work with regional governments toward a comprehensive and lasting resolution to the conflict in northern Uganda and 

other affected areas by providing political, economic, military, and intelligence support for 

viable multilateral efforts to protect civilians 

from the Lord’s Resistance Army, to apprehend 

or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders 

from the battlefield, and to disarm and demobilize the remaining Lord’s Resistance Army fighters; 

Whereas, on November 24, 2010, as mandated 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament 

and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, 

President Obama issued the Strategy to Support 

the Disarmament of the Lord’s Resistance Army, 

which provides a comprehensive strategy for 

supporting regional efforts to mitigate and eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on October 14, 2011, President 

Obama notified Congress that he had authorized approximately 100 combat-equipped members of the Armed Forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that 

are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony 

and senior leadership of the Lord’s Resistance 

Army from the battlefield; 

Whereas section 1206 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 

Law 112–81; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) authorized the 

Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of 

the Secretary of State, to provide logistical support, supplies, and services for foreign forces 

participating in operations to mitigate and 

eliminate the threat of the Lord’s Resistance 

Army; 

Whereas that section provides that no United 

States Armed Forces personnel, United States civilian employees, or United States civilian contractor personnel may participate in combat operations in connection with the provision of 

support for foreign forces participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat posed 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army, except for the 

purpose of acting in self-defense or of rescuing 

any United States citizen (including any member of the United States Armed Forces, any 

United States civilian employee, or any United 

States civilian contractor); 

Whereas the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2012 (Public Law 112–74) directed the President 

to support increased peace and security efforts 

in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army, 

including programs to improve physical access, 

telecommunications infrastructure, and earlywarning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of 

former Lord’s Resistance Army combatants, especially child soldiers; 

Whereas the United Nations and African 

Union, acting with encouragement and support 

from the United States Government, have renewed their efforts to help governments in the 

region address the threat posed by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, and on November 22, 2011, the 

African Union designated the Lord’s Resistance 

Army as a terrorist group and authorized a new 

initiative to help strengthen the coordination 

among the affected governments in the fight 

against the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on March 24, 2012, the African 

Union formally announced the intent to deploy 

up to 5,000 troops to advance regional efforts to 

counter the Lord’s Resistance Army, and the 

next day formally inaugurated the Headquarters of the Regional Task Force in the Republic of South Sudan to coordinate efforts to 

capture Joseph Kony and neutralize the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; and 

Whereas targeted United States assistance 

and leadership can help prevent further mass 

atrocities and curtail humanitarian suffering in 

central Africa: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for committing crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supports ongoing efforts by the United States and countries in 

central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and 

Lord’s Resistance Army commanders from the 

battlefield; 

(2) commends continued efforts by the Governments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of 

Congo, the Republic of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and other countries in 

the region, as well as the African Union and 

United Nations, to end the threat posed by the 

Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(3) welcomes the ongoing efforts of the United 

States Government to implement a comprehensive strategy to counter the Lord’s Resistance 

Army, pursuant to the Lord’s Resistance Army 

Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery 

Act of 2009, and to assist governments in the region to bring Joseph Kony to justice and end 

atrocities perpetuated by the Lord’s Resistance 

Army; 

(4) calls on the President to keep Congress 

fully informed of the efforts of the United States 

Government and to work closely with Congress 

to identify and address critical gaps and enhance United States support for the regional effort to counter the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(5) commends the Department of Defense, 

United States Africa Command (U.S. 

AFRICOM), and members of the United States 

Armed Forces currently deployed to serve as advisors to the national militaries in the region 

seeking to protect local communities and pursuing Joseph Kony and top Lord’s Resistance 

Army commanders; 

(6) commends the African Union for committing to enhance troop deployments in order to 

fortify the military response to the Lord’s Resistance Army, in coordination with the Governments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, 

the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of South Sudan, and in order to strengthen ongoing efforts to apprehend Joseph Kony 

and senior commanders of the Lord’s Resistance 

Army or remove them from the battlefield; 

(7) supports increased collaboration and coordination between the African Union and the 

Governments of Uganda, the Central African 

Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 

and the Republic of South Sudan in order to apprehend Joseph Kony or remove him from the 

battlefield; 

(8) supports continued efforts by the Secretary 

of State and representatives of the United States 

to work with partner nations and the international community— 

(A) to strengthen the capabilities of regional 

military forces deployed to protect civilians and 

pursue commanders of the Lord’s Resistance 

Army; 

(B) to enhance cooperation and cross-border 

coordination among regional governments; 

(C) to promote increased contributions from 

donor nations for regional efforts to address the 

Lord’s Resistance Army; and 

(D) to enhance overall efforts to increase civilian protection and provide assistance to populations affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(9) calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, and the heads of other relevant government agencies to utilize existing funds for ongoing programs— 

(A) to enhance mobility, intelligence, and 

logistical capabilities for partner forces engaged 

in efforts to protect civilians and apprehend or 

remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders 

from the battlefield; 

(B) to expand physical access and telecommunications infrastructure to facilitate the 

timely flow of information and access for humanitarian and protection actors; 

(C) to support programs to encourage and 

help non-indicted Lord’s Resistance Army commanders, fighters, abductees, and associated 

noncombatants to safely defect from the group, 

including through radio and community programs; and 

(D) to rehabilitate children and youth affected by war, through programs that are tailored to address the specific trauma and physical and mental abuse they may have experienced as a result of indoctrination by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, and serve to reconnect these 

children and youth with their families and communities; 

(10) calls on the President to place restrictions 

on any individuals or governments found to be 

providing training, supplies, financing, or support of any kind to Joseph Kony or the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; 

(11) urges that civilian protection continue to 

be prioritized in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army and that steps be taken to inform 

potentially vulnerable communities about 

known Lord’s Resistance Army movements and 

threats; 

(12) welcomes the recent defections of men, 

women, and children from the ranks of the 

Lord’s Resistance Army, and calls on governments in the region and the international community to continue to support safe return, demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration 

efforts; and 

(13) urges the Governments of Uganda, the 

Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of 

South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and the 

Central African Republic to work together to 

address the ongoing threat posed by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for committing crimes against 

humanity and mass atrocities, and supporting ongoing efforts by the United States 

Government and governments and regional 

organizations in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army commanders from the battlefield.’’. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee-reported amendment be withdrawn; that 

the Coons substitute amendment, 

which is at the desk, be agreed to, the 

resolution, as amended, be agreed to; 

that the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the 

preamble, as amended, be agreed to; 

that the committee-reported amendment to the title be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 

table with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating 

to this measure be printed in the 

RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The amendment (No. 2775) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

(Purpose: To provide a complete substitute) 

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: ‘‘That the Senate— 

(1) condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord’s 

Resistance Army for committing crimes 

against humanity and mass atrocities, and 

supports ongoing efforts by the United 

States and countries in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance 

Army commanders from the battlefield; 

(2) commends continued efforts by the Governments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of South Sudan, 

the Central African Republic, and other 

countries in the region, as well as the African Union and United Nations, to end the 

threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(3) welcomes the ongoing efforts of the 

United States Government to assist regional 

governments to bring Joseph Kony to justice 


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and end atrocities perpetuated by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, pursuant to the comprehensive strategy required by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern 

Uganda Recovery Act of 2009; 

(4) calls on the President to keep Congress 

fully informed of the efforts of the United 

States Government and to work closely with 

Congress to identify and address critical 

gaps in the United States Government’s 

strategy to support the efforts of the regional governments to counter the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; 

(5) commends the Department of Defense, 

United States Africa Command (U.S. 

AFRICOM), and members of the United 

States Armed Forces currently deployed to 

serve as advisors to the national militaries 

in the region seeking to protect local communities and pursuing Joseph Kony and top 

Lord’s Resistance Army commanders; 

(6) commends the African Union for committing to enhance troop deployments in 

order to fortify the military response to the 

Lord’s Resistance Army, in coordination 

with the Governments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of South 

Sudan, and in order to strengthen ongoing 

efforts to apprehend Joseph Kony and senior 

commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army 

or remove them from the battlefield; 

(7) supports increased collaboration and coordination between the African Union and 

the Governments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of 

Congo, and the Republic of South Sudan in 

order to apprehend Joseph Kony or remove 

him from the battlefield; 

(8) supports continued efforts by the Secretary of State and representatives of the 

United States to work with partner nations 

and the international community— 

(A) to strengthen the capabilities of regional military forces deployed to protect civilians and pursue commanders of the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; 

(B) to enhance cooperation and cross-border coordination among regional governments; 

(C) to promote increased contributions 

from donor nations for regional efforts to address the Lord’s Resistance Army; and 

(D) to enhance overall efforts to increase 

civilian protection to populations affected 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(9) calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, and the heads of other relevant 

government agencies to utilize existing 

funds for ongoing programs— 

(A) to enhance mobility, intelligence, and 

logistical capabilities for regional partner 

forces engaged in efforts to protect civilians 

and apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and 

his top commanders from the battlefield; 

(B) to expand physical access and telecommunications infrastructure to facilitate 

the timely flow of information and access for 

humanitarian and protection actors; 

(C) to support programs to encourage and 

help non-indicted Lord’s Resistance Army 

commanders, fighters, abductees, and associated noncombatants to safely defect from 

the group, including through radio and community programs; and 

(D) to support regionally-led rehabilitation 

programs for children and youth affected by 

war that are tailored to address the specific 

trauma and physical and mental abuse these 

children and youth may have experienced as 

a result of indoctrination by the Lord’s Resistance Army and to serve to reconnect 

them with their families and communities; 

(10) calls on the President to place restrictions on any individuals or governments 

found to be providing training, supplies, financing, or support of any kind to Joseph 

Kony or the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(11) urges that civilian protection and 

early-warning programs led by regional militaries and the United States Agency for 

International Development continue to be 

prioritized in areas affected by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army and that steps be taken to 

inform potentially vulnerable communities 

about known Lord’s Resistance Army movements and threats; 

(12) welcomes the recent defections of men, 

women, and children from the ranks of the 

Lord’s Resistance Army, and calls on governments in the region and the international 

community to continue to support safe return, demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts; and 

(13) urges the Governments of Uganda, the 

Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic 

of South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and 

the Central African Republic to work together to address the ongoing threat posed 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

The resolution (S. Res. 402), as 

amended, was agreed to. 

The committee-reported amendment 

to the preamble was agreed to. 

The preamble, as amended, was 

agreed to. 

The committee-reported amendment 

to the title was agreed to. 

The resolution as amended, with its 

preamble, as amended, reads as follows: 

S. RES. 402 

Whereas the Lord’s Resistance Army 

(LRA) wreaked havoc in northern Uganda for 

two decades, during which time the World 

Bank estimates that they abducted some 

66,000 youth and forced them to serve as 

child soldiers and sex slaves and commit terrible acts; 

Whereas under increasing pressure, Joseph 

Kony ordered the Lord’s Resistance Army in 

2005 and 2006 to withdraw from Uganda and 

to move west into the border region of the 

Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and what would become the Republic of South Sudan; 

Whereas, since September 2008, Joseph 

Kony has directed the Lord’s Resistance 

Army to commit systematic, large-scale attacks against innocent civilians in the 

Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central 

African Republic, and the Republic of South 

Sudan that have destabilized the region and 

resulted in the deliberate killing of at least 

2,400 civilians, many of whom were targeted 

in schools and churches; the rape and brutal 

mutilation of an unknown number of men, 

women, and children; the abduction of over 

3,400 civilians, including at least 1,500 children, many of them forced to become child 

soldiers or sex slaves; and the reported displacement of more than 465,000 civilians from 

their homes, many of whom do not have access to essential humanitarian assistance; 

Whereas insecurity caused by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army has undermined efforts by 

the governments in the region, which have 

been supported by the assistance of the 

United States and the international community, to consolidate peace and stability in 

each of the countries affected by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; 

Whereas, since December 2001, the Department of State has included the Lord’s Resistance Army on its ‘‘Terrorist Exclusion List’’ 

and in August 2008, Lord’s Resistance Army 

leader Joseph Kony was designated a ‘‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’’ by President George W. Bush pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224; 

Whereas, on October 6, 2005, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Joseph Kony and four of his 

top commanders for war crimes and crimes 

against humanity, yet they remain at large; 

Whereas, in May 2010, Congress passed and 

President Barack Obama signed into law the 

Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and 

Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), which made it the policy of 

the United States to work with regional governments toward a comprehensive and lasting resolution to the conflict in northern 

Uganda and other affected areas by providing 

political, economic, military, and intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to protect civilians from the Lord’s Resistance Army, to apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the 

battlefield, and to disarm and demobilize the 

remaining Lord’s Resistance Army fighters; 

Whereas, on November 24, 2010, as mandated by the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act 

of 2009, President Obama issued the Strategy 

to Support the Disarmament of the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, which provides a comprehensive strategy for supporting regional 

efforts to mitigate and eliminate the threat 

to civilians and regional stability posed by 

the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on October 14, 2011, President 

Obama notified Congress that he had authorized approximately 100 combat-equipped 

members of the Armed Forces to deploy to 

central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony and senior leadership 

of the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield; 

Whereas section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

(Public Law 112–81; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) authorized the Secretary of Defense, with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of State, to 

provide logistical support, supplies, and services for foreign forces participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat 

of the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas that section provides that no 

United States Armed Forces personnel, 

United States civilian employees, or United 

States civilian contractor personnel may 

participate in combat operations in connection with the provision of support for foreign 

forces participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the 

Lord’s Resistance Army, except for the purpose of acting in self-defense or of rescuing 

any United States citizen (including any 

member of the United States Armed Forces, 

any United States civilian employee, or any 

United States civilian contractor); 

Whereas the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74) directed the 

President to support increased peace and security efforts in areas affected by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, including programs to improve physical access, telecommunications 

infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former 

Lord’s Resistance Army combatants, especially child soldiers; 

Whereas the United Nations and African 

Union, acting with encouragement and support from the United States Government, 

have renewed their efforts to help governments in the region address the threat posed 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army, and on November 22, 2011, the African Union designated the Lord’s Resistance Army as a terrorist group and authorized a new initiative 

to help strengthen the coordination among 

the affected governments in the fight against 

the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

Whereas, on March 24, 2012, the African 

Union formally announced the intent to deploy up to 5,000 troops to advance regional 

efforts to counter the Lord’s Resistance 


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Army, and the next day formally inaugurated the Headquarters of the Regional Task 

Force in the Republic of South Sudan to coordinate efforts to capture Joseph Kony and 

neutralize the Lord’s Resistance Army; and 

Whereas targeted United States assistance 

and leadership can help prevent further mass 

atrocities and curtail humanitarian suffering in central Africa: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord’s 

Resistance Army for committing crimes 

against humanity and mass atrocities, and 

supports ongoing efforts by the United 

States and countries in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance 

Army commanders from the battlefield; 

(2) commends continued efforts by the Governments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of South Sudan, 

the Central African Republic, and other 

countries in the region, as well as the African Union and United Nations, to end the 

threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(3) welcomes the ongoing efforts of the 

United States Government to assist regional 

governments to bring Joseph Kony to justice 

and end atrocities perpetuated by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army, pursuant to the comprehensive strategy required by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern 

Uganda Recovery Act of 2009; 

(4) calls on the President to keep Congress 

fully informed of the efforts of the United 

States Government and to work closely with 

Congress to identify and address critical 

gaps in the United States Government’s 

strategy to support the efforts of the regional governments to counter the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; 

(5) commends the Department of Defense, 

United States Africa Command (U.S. 

AFRICOM), and members of the United 

States Armed Forces currently deployed to 

serve as advisors to the national militaries 

in the region seeking to protect local communities and pursuing Joseph Kony and top 

Lord’s Resistance Army commanders; 

(6) commends the African Union for committing to enhance troop deployments in 

order to fortify the military response to the 

Lord’s Resistance Army, in coordination 

with the Governments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of South 

Sudan, and in order to strengthen ongoing 

efforts to apprehend Joseph Kony and senior 

commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army 

or remove them from the battlefield; 

(7) supports increased collaboration and coordination between the African Union and 

the Governments of Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of 

Congo, and the Republic of South Sudan in 

order to apprehend Joseph Kony or remove 

him from the battlefield; 

(8) supports continued efforts by the Secretary of State and representatives of the 

United States to work with partner nations 

and the international community— 

(A) to strengthen the capabilities of regional military forces deployed to protect civilians and pursue commanders of the Lord’s 

Resistance Army; 

(B) to enhance cooperation and cross-border coordination among regional governments; 

(C) to promote increased contributions 

from donor nations for regional efforts to address the Lord’s Resistance Army; and 

(D) to enhance overall efforts to increase 

civilian protection to populations affected 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(9) calls on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, and the heads of other relevant 

government agencies to utilize existing 

funds for ongoing programs— 

(A) to enhance mobility, intelligence, and 

logistical capabilities for regional partner 

forces engaged in efforts to protect civilians 

and apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and 

his top commanders from the battlefield; 

(B) to expand physical access and telecommunications infrastructure to facilitate 

the timely flow of information and access for 

humanitarian and protection actors; 

(C) to support programs to encourage and 

help non-indicted Lord’s Resistance Army 

commanders, fighters, abductees, and associated noncombatants to safely defect from 

the group, including through radio and community programs; and 

(D) to support regionally-led rehabilitation 

programs for children and youth affected by 

war that are tailored to address the specific 

trauma and physical and mental abuse these 

children and youth may have experienced as 

a result of indoctrination by the Lord’s Resistance Army and to serve to reconnect 

them with their families and communities; 

(10) calls on the President to place restrictions on any individuals or governments 

found to be providing training, supplies, financing, or support of any kind to Joseph 

Kony or the Lord’s Resistance Army; 

(11) urges that civilian protection and 

early-warning programs led by regional militaries and the United States Agency for 

International Development continue to be 

prioritized in areas affected by the Lord’s 

Resistance Army and that steps be taken to 

inform potentially vulnerable communities 

about known Lord’s Resistance Army movements and threats; 

(12) welcomes the recent defections of men, 

women, and children from the ranks of the 

Lord’s Resistance Army, and calls on governments in the region and the international 

community to continue to support safe return, demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts; and 

(13) urges the Governments of Uganda, the 

Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic 

of South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and 

the Central African Republic to work together to address the ongoing threat posed 

by the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

f 

COMMENDING THE ‘‘DOOLITTLE 

TOKYO RAIDERS’’ 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services 

Committee be discharged from further 

consideration of S. Res. 418, and the 

Senate proceed to its consideration. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 

will report the resolution by title. 

The assistant legislative clerk read 

as follows: 

A resolution (S. Res. 418) commending the 

80 brave men who became known as the 

‘‘Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’’ for outstanding 

heroism, valor, skill, and service to the 

United States during the bombing of Tokyo 

and 5 other targets on the island of Honshu 

on April 18, 1942, during the Second World 

War. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the resolution. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Brown of Ohio 

substitute amendment, which is at the 

desk, be agreed to; the resolution, as 

amended, be agreed to; the Brown of 

Ohio amendment to the preamble be 

agreed to; the preamble, as amended, 

be agreed to; the Brown of Ohio title 

amendment, which is at the desk, be 

agreed to; the motions to reconsider be 

laid upon the table with no intervening 

action or debate, and that any statements be printed in the RECORD, as if 

read. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The amendment (No. 2776) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) 

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

That the Senate— 

(1) recognizes the valor, skill, and courage 

of the Raiders that proved invaluable to the 

eventual defeat of Japan during the Second 

World War; 

(2) acknowledges that the actions of the 

Raiders helped to forge an enduring example 

of heroism in the face of uncertainty for the 

Army Air Force of the Second World War, 

the future of the Air Force, and the United 

States as a whole; and 

(3) commends the 5 living members and 80 

original members of the Doolittle Tokyo 

Raiders for their participation in the Tokyo 

bombing raid of April 18, 1942. 

The resolution (S. Res. 418), as 

amended, was agreed to. 

The amendment (No. 2777) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

Strike the preamble and insert the following: 

Whereas brave American aircraft crewmen, 

led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, 

volunteered for an ‘‘extremely hazardous 

mission’’ without knowing the target, location, or assignment and willingly put their 

lives in harm’s way, risking death, capture, 

and torture; 

Whereas the conducting of medium bomber 

operations from a Navy aircraft carrier 

under combat conditions had never before 

been attempted; 

Whereas after the discovery of the USS 

Hornet by Japanese picket ships 170 miles 

further away from the prearranged launch 

point, the Raiders proceeded to take off 670 

miles from the coast of Japan; 

Whereas by launching more than 100 miles 

beyond the distance considered to be minimally safe for the mission, the Raiders deliberately accepted the risk that the B–25s 

might not have enough fuel to reach the designated airfields in China; 

Whereas the additional launch distance 

greatly increased the risk of crash landing in 

Japanese occupied China, exposing the crews 

to higher probability of death, injury, or capture; 

Whereas because of that deliberate choice, 

after bombing their targets in Japan, low on 

fuel and in setting night and deteriorating 

weather, none of the 16 airplanes reached the 

prearranged Chinese airfields; 

Whereas of the 80 Raiders who launched on 

the raid, 8 were captured, 2 died in the crash, 

and 70 returned to the United States; and 

Whereas of the 8 captured, 3 were executed 

and 1 died of disease: Now, therefore, be it 

The preamble, as amended, was 

agreed to. 

The amendment (No. 2778) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

(Purpose: To amend the title) 

Amend the title so as to read ‘‘Commemorating the 70th anniversary and commending 

the brave men of the 17th Bombardment 

Group (Medium) who became known as the 

‘‘Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’’ for outstanding 

heroism, valor, skill, and service to the 

United States in conducting the bombing of 

Tokyo on April 18, 1942.’’ 


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