IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1064 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the ‘‘Anti-Homo-
sexuality Bill, 2009’’ under consideration by the Parliament of Uganda, 
that would impose long-term imprisonment and the death penalty for 
certain acts, threatens the protection of fundamental human rights, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2010 
Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
POLIS of Colorado, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. DOYLE, 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. STARK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. TOWNS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. WU, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ELLISON, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. 
GEORGE
MILLER
of California, Ms. EDWARDS
of Maryland, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, 
Mr. HONDA, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, and Mr. GRIJALVA) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the ‘‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009’’ under consideration 
by the Parliament of Uganda, that would impose long- 
term imprisonment and the death penalty for certain 
acts, threatens the protection of fundamental human 
rights, and for other purposes. 
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•HRES 1064 IH 
Whereas, on September 25, 2009, legislation was introduced 
in the Ugandan Parliament entitled the ‘‘Anti-Homosex-
uality Bill, 2009’’ to strengthen and expand existing anti- 
homosexuality laws to prohibit any form of sexual rela-
tions between persons of the same sex; 
Whereas the legislation would severely punish ‘‘homosexual 
behavior’’ and individuals who ‘‘attempt’’ homosexual 
acts, including by life in prison or the death penalty; 
Whereas the legislation creates offenses and penalties for 
Ugandan citizens and other individuals who fail to report 
‘‘homosexual behavior’’ within 24 hours of acquiring such 
knowledge, and imposes stiff fines and up to three years 
imprisonment for community members who fail to report 
suspected cases of homosexuality; 
Whereas the legislation creates an offense of ‘‘aggravated ho-
mosexuality’’ that would impose the death penalty for 
certain same-sex acts, including acts in which the partner 
is HIV-positive; 
Whereas the proposed legislation could severely curtail the 
ability of public health institutions and nongovernmental 
organizations to address effectively HIV/AIDS among 
vulnerable groups such as men who have sex with men 
(MSM), by subjecting such institutions to the revocation 
of their registration, certificates, and their directors to 
seven-year prison terms; 
Whereas the proposed legislation would nullify any inter-
national treaties, conventions, protocols, agreements, and 
any other legal instruments signed by Uganda whose pro-
visions ‘‘are contradictory to the spirit and provisions en-
shrined in the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009’’, such as 
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those that protect the rights of individuals regardless of 
sexual orientation; 
Whereas the legislation provides for jurisdiction of Ugandan 
courts in cases of homosexuality, including extra-terri-
torial jurisdiction to cover Ugandan citizens outside of 
the geographic boundaries of Uganda, an extreme meas-
ure that currently only applies to severe criminal offenses 
in Uganda’s penal code, including treason and terrorism; 
Whereas the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 
(PEPFAR) Five Year Strategy released on December 1, 
2009, asserts that ‘‘PEPFAR’s prevention strategies 
must be responsive to the drivers of the epidemic and ad-
dress the needs of most-at risk populations’’, and specifi-
cally prioritizes MSM as an at-risk ‘‘strategic population’’ 
in need of prevention, care, and treatment programs that 
are free from stigma and discrimination directed towards 
clients; 
Whereas under PEPFAR, Uganda received approximately 
$91 million in fiscal year (FY) 2004, more than $148 
million in FY2005, approximately $170 million in 
FY2006, $237 million in FY2007, $284 million in 
FY2008, and $286 million in FY2009 to support a com-
prehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment 
program; 
Whereas United States assistance to Uganda to combat HIV/ 
AIDS has resulted in 145,000 individuals receiving 
antiretroviral treatment as of September 2008, 393,200 
HIV-positive individuals receiving care and support, 
754,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) served 
by an OVC program, 2,076,300 pregnant women receiv-
ing HIV counseling and testing services for the preven-
tion of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), 
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•HRES 1064 IH 
104,000 
HIV-positive 
pregnant 
women 
receiving 
antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT, 20,043,400 coun-
seling and testing encounters in FY2008, and 6,256,800 
individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS 
prevention programs that promote abstinence or being 
faithful and condom use; 
Whereas, according to the American Foundation for AIDS 
Research (amfAR), in low- and middle-income countries, 
MSM are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV 
than the general population; 
Whereas the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS 
(UNAIDS) identifies elevated risk of HIV infection 
among MSM as one of the 6 key, overarching themes 
identified in the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, and as-
serts that ‘‘programmes to prevent new infections among 
these key populations must constitute an important part 
of national AIDS response’’; 
Whereas a 2009 joint report by the Uganda AIDS Commis-
sion and UNAIDS specifically called for a review of legal 
impediments to the inclusion of most-at-risk populations 
in the national AIDS response; 
Whereas countries whose laws do not criminalize homosex-
uality are generally regarded as better able to curb the 
transmission of the virus, and the ability to more effec-
tively address HIV was a pivotal factor in the recent de-
cision of the High Court of New Delhi to repeal section 
337 of the Indian penal code outlawing sodomy; 
Whereas both Democratic and Republican United States law-
makers have called on President Yoweri Museveni of 
Uganda to oppose the proposed ‘‘Anti-Homosexuality 
Bill, 2009’’ and, in a December 2009 letter, several Con-
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gressional leaders stated that the legislation is antithet-
ical to the foundational belief in the ‘‘inherent dignity 
and worth of all men and women’’; 
Whereas Champions for an HIV-Free Generation, a group of 
former African Presidents and other influential persons, 
has called for the withdrawal of Uganda’s ‘‘Anti-Homo-
sexuality Bill, 2009’’; 
Whereas a broad range of religious leaders, including Catho-
lic, Protestant, Jewish, and Evangelical leaders, have 
condemned publicly the proposed legislation; 
Whereas the Catholic Bishops of Uganda have described the 
bill as ‘‘at odds with the core values of the Christian 
faith’’; 
Whereas President Barack Obama has stated that he 
‘‘strongly opposes efforts, such as the draft law pending 
in Uganda, that would criminalize homosexuality and 
move against the tide of history’’; 
Whereas in December 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clin-
ton spoke out against the bill stating that ‘‘law should 
not become an instrument of oppression’’; 
Whereas the United States has declared its commitment to 
working internationally to end violence, detention, and 
execution based on sexual orientation; and 
Whereas the proposed legislation violates the spirit of Article 
2 of the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights 
adopted in 1981 and entered into force in 1986 that 
states, ‘‘Every individual shall be entitled to the enjoy-
ment of rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed 
in the present Charter without distinction of any kind 
such as race, ethnic group, color, sex, language, religion, 
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political or any other opinion, national and social origin, 
fortune, birth or other status’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly believes that— 
(A) all people possess an intrinsic human 
dignity, regardless of sexual orientation, and 
share fundamental human rights; 
(B) the ‘‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009’’ 
introduced in the Ugandan Parliament, which 
includes the extreme penalties of death and life 
in prison, poses a serious threat to the life, lib-
erty, and security of the person and, if enacted, 
would set a troubling precedent for other coun-
tries; and 
(C) the requirement that individuals report 
suspected homosexual individuals to the Ugan-
dan Government could undermine Uganda’s ef-
forts to combat HIV/AIDS, and interfere with 
care and counseling by family members, doc-
tors, pastors, teachers, and others; and 
(2) calls upon the President and the Secretary 
of State to— 
(A) impress upon the Ugandan Govern-
ment the United States belief in the intrinsic 
human dignity of all Ugandans, regardless of 
sexual orientation; 
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(B) express unequivocal United States op-
position to the ‘‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009’’ 
introduced in the Ugandan Parliament; and 
(C) ensure that resources committed to the 
global HIV/AIDS response are utilized in a 
manner that is efficient, effective, and appro-
priate to the local epidemiology of the disease, 
including in Uganda. 
Æ 
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