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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1067 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

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. 


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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 individuals 

17 into sexual servitude and forcing a large number of 

18 children and youth in Uganda, estimated by the Sur19 vey for War Affected Youth to be over 66,000, to 

20 fight as part of the rebel force. 

21 (3) The Secretary of State has placed the 

22 Lord’s Resistance Army on the Terrorist Exclusion 

23 list pursuant to section 212(a)(3) of the Immigra24 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)), and 

25 LRA leader Joseph Kony has been designated a 


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1 ‘‘specially designated global terrorist’’ pursuant to 

2 Executive Order 13224. 

3 (4) In late 2005, according to the United Na4 tions Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Af5 fairs, the Lord’s Resistance Army shifted their pri6 mary base of operations from southern Sudan to 

7 northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the 

8 rebels have since withdrawn from northern Uganda. 

9 (5) Representatives of the Government of 

10 Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army began 

11 peace negotiations in 2006, mediated by the Govern12 ment of Southern Sudan in Juba, Sudan, and signed 

13 the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement on August 

14 20, 2006, which provided for hundreds of thousands 

15 of internally displaced people to return home in safe16 ty. 

17 (6) After nearly 2 years of negotiations, rep18 resentatives from the parties reached the Final 

19 Peace Agreement in April 2008, but Joseph Kony, 

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

21 sign the Final Peace Agreement in May 2008 and 

22 his forces launched new attacks in northeastern 

23 Congo. 

24 (7) According to the United Nations Office for 

25 the Coordination of Humanitarian Relief and the 


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1 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 

2 the new activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army in 

3 northeastern Congo and southern Sudan since Sep4 tember 2008 has led to the abduction of at least 

5 1,500 civilians, including hundreds of children, and 

6 the displacement of more than 540,000 people. 

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

8 Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 

9 southern Sudan launched a joint operation against 

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

11 Congo, but the operation failed to apprehend Joseph 

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

13 attacks and massacres in Congo and southern 

14 Sudan, killing an estimated 900 people in 2 months 

15 alone. 

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

17 the Final Peace Agreement, the Government of 

18 Uganda has committed to continue reconstruction 

19 plans for northern Uganda, and to implement those 

20 mechanisms of the Final Peace Agreement not con21 ditional on the compliance of the Lord’s Resistance 

22 Army. 

23 (10) Since 2008, recovery efforts in northern 

24 Uganda have moved forward with the financial sup25 port of the United States and other donors, but have 


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1 been hampered by a lack of strategic coordination, 

2 logistical delays, and limited leadership from the 

3 Government of Uganda. 

4 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

5 It is the policy of the United States to work with re6 gional governments toward a comprehensive and lasting 

7 resolution to the conflict in northern Uganda and other 

8 affected areas by— 

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

10 intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to 

11 protect civilians from the Lord’s Resistance Army, 

12 to apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top 

13 commanders from the battlefield in the continued 

14 absence of a negotiated solution, and to disarm and 

15 demobilize the remaining Lord’s Resistance Army 

16 fighters; 

17 (2) targeting assistance to respond to the hu18 manitarian needs of populations in northeastern 

19 Congo, southern Sudan, and Central African Repub20 lic currently affected by the activity of the Lord’s 

21 Resistance Army; and 

22 (3) further supporting and encouraging efforts 

23 of the Government of Uganda and civil society to 

24 promote comprehensive reconstruction, transitional 

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1 firmed in the Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act 

2 of 2004 (Public Law 108–283) and subsequent reso3 lutions, including Senate Resolution 366, 109th 

4 Congress, agreed to February 2, 2006, Senate Reso5 lution 573, 109th Congress, agreed to September 

6 19, 2006, Senate Concurrent Resolution 16, 110th 

7 Congress, agreed to in the Senate March 1, 2007, 

8 and House Concurrent Resolution 80, 110th Con9 gress, agreed to in the House of Representatives 

10 June 18, 2007. 

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

12 DISARMAMENT OF THE LORD’S RESISTANCE 

13 ARMY. 

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

15 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

16 President shall develop and submit to the appropriate 

17 committees of Congress a strategy to guide future United 

18 States support across the region for viable multilateral ef19 forts to mitigate and eliminate the threat to civilians and 

20 regional stability posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

21 (b) CONTENT OF STRATEGY.—The strategy shall in22 clude the following: 

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

24 United Nations and regional governments to protect 

25 civilians from attacks by the Lord’s Resistance 


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1 Army while supporting the development of institu2 tions in affected areas that can help to maintain the 

3 rule of law and prevent conflict in the long term. 

4 (2) An assessment of viable options through 

5 which the United States, working with regional gov6 ernments, could help develop and support multilat7 eral efforts to eliminate the threat posed by the 

8 Lord’s Resistance Army. 

9 (3) An interagency framework to plan, coordi10 nate, and review diplomatic, economic, intelligence, 

11 and military elements of United States policy across 

12 the region regarding the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

13 (4) A description of the type and form of diplo14 matic engagement across the region undertaken to 

15 coordinate and implement United States policy re16 garding the Lord’s Resistance Army and to work 

17 multilaterally with regional mechanisms, including 

18 the Tripartite Plus Commission and the Great Lakes 

19 Pact. 

20 (5) A description of how this engagement will 

21 fit within the context of broader efforts and policy 

22 objectives in the Great Lakes Region. 

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

24 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi25 fied annex. 


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1 SEC. 5. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE 

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

4 In accordance with section 491 of the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) and section 2 of the 

6 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 

7 2601), the President is authorized to provide additional 

8 assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern 

9 Sudan, and Central African Republic to respond to the 

10 humanitarian needs of populations directly affected by the 

11 activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army. 

12 SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUC13 TION IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 

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

15 President should support efforts by the people of northern 

16 Uganda and the Government of Uganda— 

17 (1) to assist internally displaced people in tran18 sition and returnees to secure durable solutions by 

19 spurring economic revitalization, supporting liveli20 hoods, helping to alleviate poverty, and advancing 

21 access to basic services at return sites, specifically 

22 clean water, health care, and schools; 

23 (2) to enhance the accountability and adminis24 trative competency of local governance institutions 

25 and public agencies in northern Uganda with regard 


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1 to budget management, provision of public goods 

2 and services, and related oversight functions; 

3 (3) to strengthen the operational capacity of the 

4 civilian police in northern Uganda to enhance public 

5 safety, prevent crime, and deal sensitively with gen6 der-based violence, while strengthening account7 ability measures to prevent corruption and abuses; 

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

9 justice system in northern Uganda, including the 

10 courts and penal systems, with particular sensitivity 

11 to the needs and rights of women and children; 

12 (5) to establish mechanisms for the disar13 mament, demobilization, and reintegration of former 

14 combatants and those abducted by the LRA, includ15 ing vocational education and employment opportuni16 ties, with attention given to the roles and needs of 

17 men, women and children; and 

18 (6) to promote programs to address psycho19 social trauma, particularly post-traumatic stress dis20 order. 

21 (b) FUTURE YEAR FUNDING.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that the Secretary of State and Administrator of the 

23 United States Agency for International Development 

24 should work with the appropriate committees of Congress 

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1 tivities described in this section if the Government of 

2 Uganda demonstrates a commitment to transparent and 

3 accountable reconstruction in war-affected areas of north4 ern Uganda, specifically by— 

5 (1) finalizing the establishment of mechanisms 

6 within the Office of the Prime Minister to suffi7 ciently manage and coordinate the programs under 

8 the framework of the Peace Recovery and Develop9 ment Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP); 

10 (2) increasing oversight activities and reporting, 

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

12 funds under the Peace Recovery and Development 

13 Plan for Northern Uganda framework are used effi14 ciently and with minimal waste; and 

15 (3) committing substantial funds of its own, 

16 above and beyond standard budget allocations to 

17 local governments, to the task of implementing the 

18 Peace Recovery and Development Plan for Northern 

19 Uganda such that communities affected by the war 

20 can recover. 

21 (c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DONOR NA22 TIONS.—The United States should work with other donor 

23 nations to increase contributions for recovery efforts in 

24 northern Uganda and better leverage those contributions 

25 to enhance the capacity and encourage the leadership of 


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1 the Government of Uganda in promoting transparent and 

2 accountable reconstruction in northern Uganda. 

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

4 of Congress that the Secretary of State should withhold 

5 non-humanitarian bilateral assistance to the Republic of 

6 Uganda if the Secretary determines that the Government 

7 of Uganda is not committed to reconstruction and rec8 onciliation in the war-affected areas of northern Uganda 

9 and is not taking proactive steps to ensure this process 

10 moves forward in a transparent and accountable manner. 

11 SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE FOR RECONCILIATION AND TRANSI12 TIONAL JUSTICE IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 

13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that, despite reconstruction and development efforts, 

15 a continued failure to take meaningful steps toward na16 tional reconciliation and accountability risks perpetuating 

17 longstanding political grievances and fueling new conflicts. 

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

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

20 President is authorized to support efforts by the people 

21 of northern Uganda and the Government of Uganda to 

22 advance efforts to promote transitional justice and rec23 onciliation on both local and national levels, including to 

24 encourage implementation of the mechanisms outlined in 

25 the Annexure to the Agreement on Accountability and 


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1 Reconciliation between the Government of Uganda and the 

2 Lord’s Resistance Army/Movement, signed at Juba Feb3 ruary 19, 2008, namely— 

4 (1) a body to investigate the history of the con5 flict, inquire into human rights violations committed 

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

7 in communities, and encourage the preservation of 

8 the memory of events and victims of the conflict 

9 through memorials, archives, commemorations, and 

10 other forms of preservation; 

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

12 Uganda to try individuals alleged to have committed 

13 serious crimes during the conflict, and a special unit 

14 to carry out investigations and prosecutions in sup15 port of trials; 

16 (3) a system for making reparations to victims 

17 of the conflict; and 

18 (4) a review and strategy for supporting transi19 tional justice mechanisms in affected areas to pro20 mote reconciliation and encourage individuals to 

21 take personal responsibility for their conduct during 

22 the war. 

23 SEC. 8. REPORT. 

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

25 the submission of the strategy required under section 4, 


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1 the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the ap2 propriate committees of Congress a report on the progress 

3 made toward the implementation of the strategy required 

4 under section 4 and a description and evaluation of the 

5 assistance provided under this Act toward the policy objec6 tives described in section 3. 

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

8 (a) shall include— 

9 (1) a description and evaluation of actions 

10 taken toward the implementation of the strategy re11 quired under section 4; 

12 (2) a description of assistance provided under 

13 sections 5, 6, and 7; 

14 (3) an evaluation of bilateral assistance pro15 vided to the Republic of Uganda and associated pro16 grams in light of stated policy objectives; 

17 (4) a description of the status of the Peace Re18 covery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda 

19 and the progress of the Government of Uganda in 

20 fulfilling the steps outlined in section 6(b); and 

21 (5) a description of amounts of assistance com22 mitted, and amounts provided, to northern Uganda 

23 during the reporting period by the Government of 

24 Uganda and each donor country. 


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1 (c) FORM.—The report under this section shall be 

2 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi3 fied annex. 

4 SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUNDING. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) of the total amounts to be appropriated for 

7 fiscal year 2011 for the Department of State and 

8 foreign operations, up to $10,000,000 should be 

9 used to carry out activities under section 5; and 

10 (2) of the total amounts to be appropriated for 

11 fiscal year 2011 through 2013 for the Department 

12 of State and foreign operations, up to $10,000,000 

13 in each such fiscal year should be used to carry out 

14 activities under section 7. 

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 Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep23 resentatives. 

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 those portions of northern 

5 Uganda, southern Sudan, northeastern Democratic 

6 Republic of Congo, and southeastern Central African 

7 Republic determined by the Secretary of State to be 

8 affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army as of the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the Senate March 10, 2010. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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