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Calendar No. 228 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1067 

[Report No. 111–108] 

To support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas 

affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect 

civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army 

and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19, 2009 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. BURRIS, Mr. CASEY, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. BINGAMAN, 

Mrs. BOXER, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. KAUFMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEVIN, 

Mr. BOND, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. 

SHAHEEN, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CORKER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. REID, Mr. RISCH, Mr. WICKER, Mr. KERRY, Mr. 

DORGAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. FRANKEN, 

Mr. LEAHY, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. ALEXANDER, and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 15, 2009 

Reported by Mr. KERRY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

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da and areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army 

through development of a regional strategy to support 

multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and 

eliminate the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance 

Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief 

and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lord’s Resistance 

5 Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act 

6 of 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) For over 2 decades, the Government of 

10 Uganda engaged in an armed conflict with the 

11 Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda 

12 that led to the internal displacement of more than 

13 2,000,000 Ugandans from their homes. 

14 (2) The members of the Lord’s Resistance 

15 Army used brutal tactics in northern Uganda, in16 cluding mutilating, abducting, and forcing individ17 uals into sexual servitude and forcing a large num18 ber of children and youth in Uganda, estimated by 

19 the Survey for War Affected Youth to be over 

20 66,000, to fight as part of the rebel force. 


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1 (3) The Secretary of State has designated the 

2 Lord’s Resistance Army as a terrorist organization 

3 and placed the Lord’s Resistance Army on the Ter4 rorist Exclusion list pursuant to section 212(a)(3) of 

5 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1182(a)(3)). 

7 (4) In late 2005, according to the United Na8 tions Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Af9 fairs, the Lord’s Resistance Army shifted their pri10 mary base of operations from southern Sudan to 

11 northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the 

12 rebels have since withdrawn from northern Uganda. 

13 (5) Representatives of the Government of 

14 Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army began 

15 peace negotiations in 2006, mediated by the Govern16 ment of Southern Sudan in Juba, Sudan, and signed 

17 the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement on August 

18 20, 2006, which provided for hundreds of thousands 

19 of internally displaced people to return home in safe20 ty. 

21 (6) After nearly 2 years of negotiations, rep22 resentatives from the parties reached the Final 

23 Peace Agreement in April 2008, but Joseph Kony, 

24 the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, refused to 

25 sign the Final Peace Agreement in May 2008 and 


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1 his forces launched new attacks in northeastern 

2 Congo. 

3 (7) According to the United Nations Office for 

4 the Coordination of Humanitarian Relief, the new 

5 activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army in north6 eastern Congo and southern Sudan since September 

7 2008 has led to the abduction of at least 711 civil8 ians, including 540 children, and the displacement of 

9 more than 160,000 people. 

10 (8) In December 2008, the military forces of 

11 Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 

12 southern Sudan launched a joint operation against 

13 the Lord’s Resistance Army’s bases in northeastern 

14 Congo, but the operation failed to apprehend Joseph 

15 Kony, and his forces retaliated with a series of new 

16 attacks and massacres in Congo and southern 

17 Sudan, killing an estimated 900 people in 2 months. 

18 (9) The escalated activity of the Lord’s Resist19 ance Army over recent months and the inability of 

20 military operations to stop them or protect civilians 

21 has perpetuated fears amongst communities in 

22 northern Uganda that the rebels could cross back 

23 into Uganda in the future, which complicates ongo24 ing recovery efforts. 


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1 (10) Despite the refusal of Joseph Kony to sign 

2 the Final Peace Agreement, the Government of 

3 Uganda has committed to continue reconstruction 

4 plans for northern Uganda, and to implement those 

5 mechanisms of the Final Peace Agreement not con6 ditional on the compliance of the Lord’s Resistance 

7 Army. 

8 (11) Since April 2008, recovery efforts in 

9 northern Uganda have moved forward with the fi10 nancial support of the United States and other do11 nors, but have been hampered by a lack of strategic 

12 coordination, logistical delays, and limited capacity 

13 of the Government of Uganda. 

14 (12) Continued economic disparities between 

15 northern Uganda and the rest of the country and a 

16 failure to take meaningful steps toward reconcili17 ation and accountability, if unchanged, risk perpet18 uating longstanding political grievances and fueling 

19 new conflicts. 

20 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

21 It is the policy of the United States to work vigor22 ously for a lasting resolution to the conflict in northern 

23 and eastern Uganda and other affected areas by— 

24 (1) eliminating the threat posed by the Lord’s 

25 Resistance Army to civilians and regional stability 


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1 through political, economic, military, and intelligence 

2 support for a comprehensive multilateral effort to 

3 protect civilians in affected areas, to apprehend or 

4 otherwise remove Joseph Kony and his top com5 manders from the battlefield, and to disarm and de6 mobilize Lord’s Resistance Army fighters; and 

7 (2) further supporting comprehensive recon8 struction, transitional justice, and reconciliation ef9 forts as affirmed in the Northern Uganda Crisis Re10 sponse Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–283) and sub11 sequent resolutions, including Senate Resolution 

12 366, 109th Congress, agreed to February 2, 2006, 

13 Senate Resolution 573, 109th Congress, agreed to 

14 September 19, 2006, Senate Concurrent Resolution 

15 16, 110th Congress, agreed to in the Senate March 

16 1, 2007, and House Concurrent Resolution 80, 

17 110th Congress, agreed to in the House of Rep18 resentatives June 18, 2007. 

19 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR DIS20 ARMING THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY. 

21 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY.—Not later than 

22 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 President shall develop and submit to the appropriate 

24 committees of Congress a regional strategy to guide 

25 United States support for multilateral efforts to protect 


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1 civilians from attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army, to 

2 eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability 

3 posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, and to enforce the 

4 rule of law and ensure full humanitarian access in LRA5 affected areas. 

6 (b) CONTENT OF STRATEGY.—The strategy should 

7 include the following: 

8 (1) A viable plan to protect civilians from at9 tacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army and eliminate 

10 the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, 

11 while building institutions in the affected areas that 

12 can help to maintain the rule of law and prevent 

13 conflict in the long term. 

14 (2) An interagency framework to plan, coordi15 nate, and execute all diplomatic economic, intel16 ligence, and military elements of United States pol17 icy across the region regarding the Lord’s Resist18 ance Army. 

19 (3) A description of the type and form of diplo20 matic engagement to work with regional mecha21 nisms, including the Tripartite Plus Commission and 

22 the Great Lakes Pact, and to coordinate the imple23 mentation of United States policy toward the Lord’s 

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1 (4) A description of how this engagement will 

2 fit within the context of broader efforts and policy 

3 objectives in the Great Lakes Region. 

4 (5) A framework to evaluate the progress and 

5 effectiveness of the United States strategy toward 

6 eliminating the threat posed by the Lord’s Resist7 ance Army. 

8 (c) FORM.—The strategy under this section shall be 

9 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi10 fied annex. 

11 SEC. 5. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE 

12 UGANDA AFFECTED BY THE LORD’S RESIST13 ANCE ARMY. 

14 (a) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with section 491 of 

15 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) and 

16 section 2 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 

17 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), the President is authorized to 

18 provide assistance to respond to the humanitarian needs 

19 of populations in northeastern Congo, southern Sudan, 

20 and Central African Republic affected by the activity of 

21 the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

22 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

24 2010 to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUC2 TION IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—It is the sense of Congress that the 

4 President should support efforts by the people of northern 

5 Uganda and the Government of Uganda— 

6 (1) to assist internally displaced people in tran7 sition and returnees to secure durable solutions by 

8 spurring economic revitalization, supporting liveli9 hoods, helping to alleviate poverty, and advancing 

10 access to basic services at return sites, specifically 

11 clean water, health care, and schools; 

12 (2) to enhance the accountability and adminis13 trative competency of local governance institutions 

14 and public agencies in northern Uganda with regard 

15 to budget management, provision of public goods 

16 and services, and related oversight functions; 

17 (3) to strengthen the operational capacity of the 

18 civilian police in northern Uganda to enhance public 

19 safety, prevent crime, and deal sensitively with gen20 der-based violence, while strengthening account21 ability measures to prevent corruption and abuses; 

22 (4) to rebuild and improve the capacity of the 

23 justice system in northern Uganda, including the 

24 courts and penal systems, with particular sensitivity 

25 to the needs and rights of women and children; 


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1 (5) to establish mechanisms for the disar2 mament, demobilization, and reintegration of former 

3 combatants, including vocational education and em4 ployment opportunities; and 

5 (6) to promote programs to address psycho6 social trauma, particularly post-traumatic stress dis7 order. 

8 (b) FUTURE YEAR FUNDING.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that the Secretary of State and Administrator of the 

10 United States Agency for International Development 

11 should work with the appropriate committees of Congress 

12 to increase assistance in future fiscal years to support ac13 tivities described in this section if the Government of 

14 Uganda demonstrates a commitment to transparent and 

15 accountable reconstruction in war-affected areas of north16 ern and eastern Uganda, specifically by— 

17 (1) finalizing the establishment of mechanisms 

18 within the Office of the Prime Minister to suffi19 ciently manage and coordinate the programs under 

20 the framework of the Peace Recovery and Develop21 ment Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP); 

22 (2) increasing oversight activities and reporting 

23 to ensure funds under the Peace Recovery and De24 velopment Plan for Northern Uganda framework are 

25 used efficiently and with minimal waste; and 


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1 (3) committing substantial funds of its own, 

2 above and beyond standard budget allocations to 

3 local governments, to the task of implementing the 

4 Peace Recovery and Development Plan for Northern 

5 Uganda such that communities affected by the war 

6 can recover. 

7 (c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DONOR NA8 TIONS.—The United States should work with other donor 

9 nations, on a bilateral and multilateral basis, to increase 

10 contributions for recovery efforts in northern Uganda and 

11 strengthen accountability mechanisms to ensure the trans12 parent and timely use of those funds. 

13 (d) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—It is the sense 

14 of Congress that the Secretary of State should withhold 

15 bilateral assistance to the Republic of Uganda for the pur16 poses described under this section if the Secretary deter17 mines that the Government of Uganda is not committed 

18 to transparent and accountable reconstruction and rec19 onciliation in the war-affected areas of northern and east20 ern Uganda. 

21 SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE FOR RECONCILIATION AND TRANSI22 TIONAL JUSTICE IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 

23 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con24 gress that the President should support efforts by the peo25 ple of northern Uganda and the Government of Uganda 


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1 to advance efforts to promote transitional justice and rec2 onciliation on both local and national levels, including to 

3 implement the following mechanisms outlined in the 

4 Annexure to the Agreement on Accountability and Rec5 onciliation between the Government of Uganda and the 

6 Lord’s Resistance Army/Movement, signed at Juba Feb7 ruary 19, 2008, namely— 

8 (1) a body to investigate the history of the con9 flict, inquire into human rights violations committed 

10 during the conflict by all sides, promote truth-telling 

11 in communities, and encourage the preservation of 

12 the memory of events and victims of the conflict 

13 through memorials, archives, commemorations, and 

14 other forms of preservation; 

15 (2) a special division of the High Court of 

16 Uganda to try individuals alleged to have committed 

17 serious crimes during the conflict, and a special unit 

18 to carry out investigations and prosecutions in sup19 port of trials; 

20 (3) a system for making reparations to victims 

21 of the conflict; and 

22 (4) a review and strategy for supporting transi23 tional justice mechanisms in affected areas to pro24 mote reconciliation and encourage individuals to 


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1 take personal responsibility for their conduct during 

2 the war. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fis5 cal years 2010 through 2012 to carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 8. REPORT. 

7 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

8 the submission of the strategy required under section 4, 

9 the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the ap10 propriate committees of Congress a report on the progress 

11 made toward the implementation of the strategy required 

12 under section 4 and a description and evaluation of the 

13 assistance provided under this Act toward the policy objec14 tives described in section 3. 

15 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under section 

16 (a) shall include— 

17 (1) a description and evaluation of actions 

18 taken toward the implementation of the strategy re19 quired under section 4; 

20 (2) a description of assistance provided under 

21 section 5 and section 6; 

22 (3) an evaluation of bilateral assistance pro23 vided to the Republic of Uganda and associated pro24 grams in light of stated policy objectives; 


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1 (4) a description of the status of the Peace Re2 covery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda 

3 and the progress of the Government of Uganda to 

4 take the steps outlined in section 6(b); and 

5 (5) a description of amounts of assistance com6 mitted, and amounts provided, to northern Uganda 

7 during the reporting period by the Government of 

8 Uganda, each donor country, and all relevant organi9 zations. 

10 SEC. 9. OFFSET. 

11 Of the total amount appropriated to purchase excess 

12 secondary inventory for the Department of the Air Force, 

13 the amount available for obligation and expenditure shall 

14 be reduced by $40,000,000. 

15 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON18 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con19 gress’’ means the Committee on Appropriations and 

20 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

21 and the Committee on Appropriations and the Com22 mittee on International Relations of the House of 

23 Representatives. 

24 (2) GREAT LAKES REGION.—The term ‘‘Great 

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1 rundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, 

2 southern Sudan, and Uganda. 

3 (3) LRA-AFFECTED AREAS.—The term ‘‘LRA4 affected areas’’ means the territory affected by the 

5 activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the past 

6 and as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 

7 comprising all or parts of northern Uganda, south8 ern Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of 

9 Congo, and southeastern Central African Republic. 

10 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lord’s Resistance Army 

12 Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009’’. 

13 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

14 Congress makes the following findings: 

15 (1) For over 2 decades, the Government of Ugan16 da engaged in an armed conflict with the Lord’s Re17 sistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda that led to 

18 the internal displacement of more than 2,000,000 

19 Ugandans from their homes. 

20 (2) The members of the Lord’s Resistance Army 

21 used brutal tactics in northern Uganda, including 

22 mutilating, abducting and forcing individuals into 

23 sexual servitude and forcing a large number of chil24 dren and youth in Uganda, estimated by the Survey 


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1 for War Affected Youth to be over 66,000, to fight as 

2 part of the rebel force. 

3 (3) The Secretary of State has placed the Lord’s 

4 Resistance Army on the Terrorist Exclusion list pur5 suant to section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and 

6 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)), and LRA 

7 leader Joseph Kony has been designated a ‘‘specially 

8 designated global terrorist’’ pursuant to Executive 

9 Order 13224. 

10 (4) In late 2005, according to the United Na11 tions Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Af12 fairs, the Lord’s Resistance Army shifted their pri13 mary base of operations from southern Sudan to 

14 northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the 

15 rebels have since withdrawn from northern Uganda. 

16 (5) Representatives of the Government of Uganda 

17 and the Lord’s Resistance Army began peace negotia18 tions in 2006, mediated by the Government of South19 ern Sudan in Juba, Sudan, and signed the Cessation 

20 of Hostilities Agreement on August 20, 2006, which 

21 provided for hundreds of thousands of internally dis22 placed people to return home in safety. 

23 (6) After nearly 2 years of negotiations, rep24 resentatives from the parties reached the Final Peace 

25 Agreement in April 2008, but Joseph Kony, the leader 


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1 of the Lord’s Resistance Army, refused to sign the 

2 Final Peace Agreement in May 2008 and his forces 

3 launched new attacks in northeastern Congo. 

4 (7) According to the United Nations Office for 

5 the Coordination of Humanitarian Relief and the 

6 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the 

7 new activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army in north8 eastern Congo and southern Sudan since September 

9 2008 has led to the abduction of at least 1,500 civil10 ians, including hundreds of children, and the dis11 placement of more than 540,000 people. 

12 (8) In December 2008, the military forces of 

13 Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 

14 southern Sudan launched a joint operation against 

15 the Lord’s Resistance Army’s bases in northeastern 

16 Congo, but the operation failed to apprehend Joseph 

17 Kony, and his forces retaliated with a series of new 

18 attacks and massacres in Congo and southern Sudan, 

19 killing an estimated 900 people in 2 months alone. 

20 (9) Despite the refusal of Joseph Kony to sign 

21 the Final Peace Agreement, the Government of Ugan22 da has committed to continue reconstruction plans for 

23 northern Uganda, and to implement those mecha24 nisms of the Final Peace Agreement not conditional 

25 on the compliance of the Lord’s Resistance Army. 


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1 (10) Since 2008, recovery efforts in northern 

2 Uganda have moved forward with the financial sup3 port of the United States and other donors, but have 

4 been hampered by a lack of strategic coordination, 

5 logistical delays, and limited leadership from the Gov6 ernment of Uganda. 

7 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

8 It is the policy of the United States to work with re9 gional governments toward a comprehensive and lasting 

10 resolution to the conflict in northern Uganda and other af11 fected areas by— 

12 (1) providing political, economic, military, and 

13 intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to 

14 protect civilians from the Lord’s Resistance Army, to 

15 apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top com16 manders from the battlefield in the continued absence 

17 of a negotiated solution, and to disarm and demobi18 lize the remaining Lord’s Resistance Army fighters; 

19 (2) targeting assistance to respond to the human20 itarian needs of populations in northeastern Congo, 

21 southern Sudan, and Central African Republic cur22 rently affected by the activity of the Lord’s Resistance 

23 Army; and 

24 (3) further supporting and encouraging efforts of 

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1 mote comprehensive reconstruction, transitional jus2 tice, and reconciliation in northern Uganda as af3 firmed in the Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act 

4 of 2004 (Public Law 108–283) and subsequent resolu5 tions, including Senate Resolution 366, 109th Con6 gress, agreed to February 2, 2006, Senate Resolution 

7 573, 109th Congress, agreed to September 19, 2006, 

8 Senate Concurrent Resolution 16, 110th Congress, 

9 agreed to in the Senate March 1, 2007, and House 

10 Concurrent Resolution 80, 110th Congress, agreed to 

11 in the House of Representatives June 18, 2007. 

12 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THE 

13 DISARMAMENT OF THE LORD’S RESISTANCE 

14 ARMY. 

15 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY.—Not later than 

16 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 President shall develop and submit to the appropriate com18 mittees of Congress a strategy to guide future United States 

19 support across the region for viable multilateral efforts to 

20 mitigate and eliminate the threat to civilians and regional 

21 stability posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

22 (b) CONTENT OF STRATEGY.—The strategy shall in23 clude the following: 

24 (1) A plan to help strengthen efforts by the 

25 United Nations and regional governments to protect 


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1 civilians from attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army 

2 while supporting the development of institutions in 

3 affected areas that can help to maintain the rule of 

4 law and prevent conflict in the long term. 

5 (2) An assessment of viable options through 

6 which the United States, working with regional gov7 ernments, could help develop and support multilateral 

8 efforts to eliminate the threat posed by the Lord’s Re9 sistance Army. 

10 (3) An interagency framework to plan, coordi11 nate, and review diplomatic, economic, intelligence, 

12 and military elements of United States policy across 

13 the region regarding the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

14 (4) A description of the type and form of diplo15 matic engagement across the region undertaken to co16 ordinate and implement United States policy regard17 ing the Lord’s Resistance Army and to work multilat18 erally with regional mechanisms, including the Tri19 partite Plus Commission and the Great Lakes Pact. 

20 (5) A description of how this engagement will fit 

21 within the context of broader efforts and policy objec22 tives in the Great Lakes Region. 

23 (c) FORM.—The strategy under this section shall be 

24 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

25 annex. 


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1 SEC. 5. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE 

2 UGANDA AFFECTED BY THE LORD’S RESIST3 ANCE ARMY. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with section 491 of 

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) and 

6 section 2 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 

7 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), the President is authorized to pro8 vide additional assistance to the Democratic Republic of 

9 Congo, southern Sudan, and Central African Republic to 

10 respond to the humanitarian needs of populations directly 

11 affected by the activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

14 2011 to carry out this section. 

15 SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUC16 TION IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 

17 (a) AUTHORITY.—It is the sense of Congress that the 

18 President should support efforts by the people of northern 

19 Uganda and the Government of Uganda— 

20 (1) to assist internally displaced people in tran21 sition and returnees to secure durable solutions by 

22 spurring economic revitalization, supporting liveli23 hoods, helping to alleviate poverty, and advancing ac24 cess to basic services at return sites, specifically clean 

25 water, health care, and schools; 


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1 (2) to enhance the accountability and adminis2 trative competency of local governance institutions 

3 and public agencies in northern Uganda with regard 

4 to budget management, provision of public goods and 

5 services, and related oversight functions; 

6 (3) to strengthen the operational capacity of the 

7 civilian police in northern Uganda to enhance public 

8 safety, prevent crime, and deal sensitively with gen9 der-based violence, while strengthening accountability 

10 measures to prevent corruption and abuses; 

11 (4) to rebuild and improve the capacity of the 

12 justice system in northern Uganda, including the 

13 courts and penal systems, with particular sensitivity 

14 to the needs and rights of women and children; 

15 (5) to establish mechanisms for the disarmament, 

16 demobilization, and reintegration of former combat17 ants and those abducted by the LRA, including voca18 tional education and employment opportunities, with 

19 attention given to the roles and needs of men, women 

20 and children; and 

21 (6) to promote programs to address psychosocial 

22 trauma, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder. 

23 (b) FUTURE YEAR FUNDING.—It is the sense of Con24 gress that the Secretary of State and Administrator of the 

25 United States Agency for International Development should 


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1 work with the appropriate committees of Congress to in2 crease assistance in future fiscal years to support activities 

3 described in this section if the Government of Uganda dem4 onstrates a commitment to transparent and accountable re5 construction in war-affected areas of northern Uganda, spe6 cifically by— 

7 (1) finalizing the establishment of mechanisms 

8 within the Office of the Prime Minister to sufficiently 

9 manage and coordinate the programs under the 

10 framework of the Peace Recovery and Development 

11 Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP); 

12 (2) increasing oversight activities and reporting, 

13 at the local and national level in Uganda, to ensure 

14 funds under the Peace Recovery and Development 

15 Plan for Northern Uganda framework are used effi16 ciently and with minimal waste; and 

17 (3) committing substantial funds of its own, 

18 above and beyond standard budget allocations to local 

19 governments, to the task of implementing the Peace 

20 Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda 

21 such that communities affected by the war can re22 cover. 

23 (c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DONOR NATIONS.— 

24 The United States should work with other donor nations 

25 to increase contributions for recovery efforts in northern 


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1 Uganda and better leverage those contributions to enhance 

2 the capacity and encourage the leadership of the Govern3 ment of Uganda in promoting transparent and accountable 

4 reconstruction in northern Uganda. 

5 (d) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—It is the sense of 

6 Congress that the Secretary of State should withhold non7 humanitarian bilateral assistance to the Republic of Ugan8 da if the Secretary determines that the Government of 

9 Uganda is not committed to reconstruction and reconcili10 ation in the war-affected areas of northern Uganda and is 

11 not taking proactive steps to ensure this process moves for12 ward in a transparent and accountable manner. 

13 SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE FOR RECONCILIATION AND TRANSI14 TIONAL JUSTICE IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 

15 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

16 that, despite reconstruction and development efforts, a con17 tinued failure to take meaningful steps toward national rec18 onciliation and accountability risks perpetuating long19 standing political grievances and fueling new conflicts. 

20 (b) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with section 531 of 

21 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346), the 

22 President is authorized to support efforts by the people of 

23 northern Uganda and the Government of Uganda to ad24 vance efforts to promote transitional justice and reconcili25 ation on both local and national levels, including to encourVerDate Nov 24 2008 00:30 Dec 16, 2009 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1067.RS S1067

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1 age implementation of the mechanisms outlined in the 

2 Annexure to the Agreement on Accountability and Rec3 onciliation between the Government of Uganda and the 

4 Lord’s Resistance Army/Movement, signed at Juba Feb5 ruary 19, 2008, namely— 

6 (1) a body to investigate the history of the con7 flict, inquire into human rights violations committed 

8 during the conflict by all sides, promote truth-telling 

9 in communities, and encourage the preservation of the 

10 memory of events and victims of the conflict through 

11 memorials, archives, commemorations, and other 

12 forms of preservation; 

13 (2) a special division of the High Court of Ugan14 da to try individuals alleged to have committed seri15 ous crimes during the conflict, and a special unit to 

16 carry out investigations and prosecutions in support 

17 of trials; 

18 (3) a system for making reparations to victims 

19 of the conflict; and 

20 (4) a review and strategy for supporting transi21 tional justice mechanisms in affected areas to promote 

22 reconciliation and encourage individuals to take per23 sonal responsibility for their conduct during the war. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

3 years 2011 through 2013 to carry out this section. 

4 SEC. 8. REPORT. 

5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the submission of the strategy required under section 4, the 

7 Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the appro8 priate committees of Congress a report on the progress made 

9 toward the implementation of the strategy required under 

10 section 4 and a description and evaluation of the assistance 

11 provided under this Act toward the policy objectives de12 scribed in section 3. 

13 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under section (a) 

14 shall include— 

15 (1) a description and evaluation of actions taken 

16 toward the implementation of the strategy required 

17 under section 4; 

18 (2) a description of assistance provided under 

19 sections 5, 6, and 7; 

20 (3) an evaluation of bilateral assistance provided 

21 to the Republic of Uganda and associated programs 

22 in light of stated policy objectives; 

23 (4) a description of the status of the Peace Re24 covery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda 


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1 and the progress of the Government of Uganda in ful2 filling the steps outlined in section 6(b); and 

3 (5) a description of amounts of assistance com4 mitted, and amounts provided, to northern Uganda 

5 during the reporting period by the Government of 

6 Uganda and each donor country. 

7 (c) FORM.—The report under this section shall be sub8 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

9 annex. 

10 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

13 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

14 means the Committee on Appropriations and the 

15 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

16 Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 

17 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

18 (2) GREAT LAKES REGION.—The term ‘‘Great 

19 Lakes Region’’ means the region comprising Burundi, 

20 Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, southern 

21 Sudan, and Uganda. 

22 (3) LRA-AFFECTED AREAS.—The term ‘‘LRA-af23 fected areas’’ means those portions of northern Ugan24 da, southern Sudan, northeastern Democratic Repub25 lic of Congo, and southeastern Central African ReVerDate Nov 24 2008 00:30 Dec 16, 2009 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1067.RS S1067

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1 public determined by the Secretary of State to be af2 fected by the Lord’s Resistance Army as of the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 228 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1067 

[Report No. 111–108] 

A BILL 

To support stabilization and lasting peace in northand for other purposes. struction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, thorize funds for humanitarian relief and recon- posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army and to au- cessfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat strategy to support multilateral efforts to suc- sistance Army through development of a regional ern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord’s ReDECEMBER 15, 2009 

Reported with an amendment 


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