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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Banking Privacy Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PERSONAL INFORMATION SHARING.

    (a) Depository Institutions and Subsidiaries of Depository 
Institutions.--Section 18 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1828) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(t) Personal Information Sharing Requirements.--
            ``(1) Information sharing prohibited if customer opts 
        out.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as 
        permitted under paragraph (5), an insured depository 
        institution and a subsidiary of a depository institution may 
        not disclose or transfer customer information relating to any 
        customer to any other person, including an affiliate of the 
        depository institution, unless--
                    ``(A) the customer to whom such information relates 
                has been provided with notice in accordance with 
                paragraph (2); and
                    ``(B) the customer has not provided a written 
                directive (including a transmission by e-mail, 
                facsimile, or other form of electronic communication) 
                to the insured depository institution or subsidiary, at 
                any time before the close of business on the 6th 
                business day before such disclosure or transfer, that 
                such information shall not be disclosed or transferred, 
                except when specifically authorized by the customer in 
                connection with and pertaining to a specific 
                transaction with the depository institution or 
                subsidiary.
            ``(2) Notice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The notice referred to in 
                paragraph (1)(A) shall fully and fairly disclose, in 
                accordance with regulations which the Federal banking 
                agencies shall jointly prescribe, what information is 
                being disclosed or transferred, the policy of the 
                insured depository institution or subsidiary of an 
                insured depository institution with regard to 
                information sharing, and the right of the customer to 
                prohibit the disclosure or transfer of such 
                information.
                    ``(B) Form of notice.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The regulations 
                        prescribed pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall 
                        require that the notice required under such 
                        subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) be prominently displayed on a 
                                document which is separate from any 
                                other document;
                                    ``(II) have the term `Privacy 
                                Notice' in prominent typeface at the 
                                top of the notice.
                            ``(ii) Notice requirements.--
                                    ``(I) Mailing.--If the notice 
                                required under subparagraph (A) is 
                                mailed to the customer, the notice 
                                shall be mailed separately from any 
                                other statement, document, or notice 
                                mailed to the customer.
                                    ``(II) In person.--If the notice 
                                required under subparagraph (A) is 
                                disclosed to the customer in person by 
                                an officer, director, or agent of the 
                                depository institution or subsidiary 
                                thereof, the officer, employee, or 
                                agent shall obtain the written 
                                acknowledgement of the customer of the 
                                receipt of such notice separately from 
                                any other signature or written 
                                acknowledgment of the customer.
            ``(3) Customer information defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `customer information' means any 
        information acquired from a customer of the insured depository 
        institution that is personally identifiable to the customer, 
        including information relating to transactions, balances, 
        maturity dates, payouts, and payout dates, and transaction or 
        experience information.
            ``(4) Reasonable opportunity to respond to notice.--In 
        order to provide any customer of an insured depository 
        institution or any subsidiary of an insured depository 
        institution with reasonable opportunity to respond to any 
        notice referred to in paragraph (1)(A), the prohibition 
        contained in paragraph (1) on the disclosure or transfer of any 
        customer information relating to such customer to any other 
        person, including an affiliate, shall continue during the 30-
        day period beginning on the date the notice referred to in such 
        paragraph was sent or delivered to such customer, unless the 
        customer has authorized such disclosure or transfer.
            ``(5) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        disclosure or transfer of customer information--
                    ``(A) in connection with processing a specific 
                financial transaction that the customer to whom the 
                information relates has authorized, if--
                            ``(i) the customer has been informed that 
                        any such transaction will necessarily involve 
                        the disclosure or transfer of such information; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the person to whom such information 
                        is transferred or disclosed is subject to a 
                        legal or contractual obligation not to use such 
                        information for any purpose other than in 
                        connection with facilitating the transaction;
                    ``(B) in connection with any routine financial 
                transaction which does not involve marketing of 
                services or the sale of customer information, if the 
                person to whom such information is transferred or 
                disclosed is subject to a legal or contractual 
                obligation not to use such information for any purpose 
                other than in connection with effectuating the 
                transaction;
                    ``(C) in connection with clearing checks, 
                processing credit transactions or electronic fund 
                transfers, or providing mailing services, if the person 
                to whom such information is transferred or disclosed is 
                subject to a legal or contractual obligation not to use 
                such information for any purpose other than in 
                connection with clearing or processing the transaction 
                or providing the service;
                    ``(D) to a governmental, regulatory, or self-
                regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the 
                insured depository institution for examination, 
                compliance, or other authorized purposes;
                    ``(E) to a court of competent jurisdiction;
                    ``(F) to a consumer reporting agency, as defined in 
                section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, for 
                use solely in accordance with such Act;
                    ``(G) in the case of a default by the customer on 
                an obligation to the depository institution or 
                subsidiary, to a debt collector, as defined in section 
                803(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 
                counsel, or other entity involved in debt collection, 
                for use solely in accordance with such Act;
                    ``(H) in the case of any claim or litigation 
                between the customer and a depository institution or 
                subsidiary, to a counsel or other person involved in 
                the resolution of the dispute;
                    ``(I) that is not personally identifiable to the 
                customer or is public information; or
                    ``(J) that is necessary to prevent or investigate 
                fraudulent or unlawful acts which the depository 
                institution or subsidiary has a good faith belief may 
                occur or may have occurred.''.
    (b) Bank Holding Companies and Affiliates of Bank Holding 
Companies.--Section 5 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 
U.S.C. 1844) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Personal Information Sharing Requirements.--
            ``(1) Information sharing prohibited if customer opts 
        out.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as 
        permitted under paragraph (5), a bank holding company and an 
        affiliate of a bank holding company (other than a depository 
        institution subsidiary or subsidiary of such depository 
        institution) may not disclose or transfer customer information 
        relating to any customer to any other person, including another 
        affiliate of the bank holding company, unless--
                    ``(A) the customer to whom such information relates 
                has been provided with notice in accordance with 
                paragraph (2); and
                    ``(B) the customer has not provided a written 
                directive (including a transmission by e-mail, 
                facsimile, or other form of electronic communication) 
                to the bank holding company or affiliate, at any time 
                before the close of business on the 6th business day 
                before such disclosure or transfer, that such 
                information shall not be disclosed or transferred, 
                except when specifically authorized by the customer in 
                connection with and pertaining to a specific 
                transaction with the bank holding company or affiliate.
            ``(2) Notice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The notice referred to in 
                paragraph (1)(A) shall fully and fairly disclose, in 
                accordance with regulations which the Board shall 
                prescribe, what information is being disclosed or 
                transferred, the policy of the bank holding company or 
                affiliate of a bank holding company with regard to 
                information sharing, and the right of the customer to 
                prohibit the disclosure or transfer of such 
                information.
                    ``(B) Form of notice.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The regulations 
                        prescribed pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall 
                        require that the notice required under such 
                        subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) be prominently displayed on a 
                                document which is separate from any 
                                other document:
                                    ``(II) have the term `Privacy 
                                Notice' in prominent typeface at the 
                                top of the notice.
                            ``(ii) Notice requirements.--
                                    ``(I) Mailing.--If the notice 
                                required under subparagraph (A) is 
                                mailed to the customer, the notice 
                                shall be mailed separately from any 
                                other statement, document, or notice 
                                mailed to the customer.
                                    ``(II) In person.--If the notice 
                                required under subparagraph (A) is 
                                disclosed to the customer in person by 
                                an officer, director, or agent of the 
                                bank holding company or affiliate 
                                thereof, the officer, employee, or 
                                agent shall obtain the written 
                                acknowledgement of the customer of the 
                                receipt of such notice separately from 
                                any other signature or written 
acknowledgment of the customer.
            ``(3) Customer information defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `customer information' means any 
        information acquired from a customer of the bank holding 
        company or affiliate that is personally identifiable to the 
        customer, including information relating to transactions, 
        balances, maturity dates, payouts, and payout dates, and 
        transaction or experience information.
            ``(4) Reasonable opportunity to respond to notice.--In 
        order to provide any customer of a bank holding company or any 
        affiliate of a bank holding company with reasonable opportunity 
        to respond to any notice referred to in paragraph (1)(A), the 
        prohibition contained in paragraph (1) on the disclosure or 
        transfer of any customer information relating to such customer 
        to any other person, including another affiliate, shall 
        continue during the 30-day period beginning on the date the 
        notice referred to in such paragraph was sent or delivered to 
        such customer, unless the customer has authorized such 
        disclosure or transfer.
            ``(5) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        disclosure or transfer of customer information--
                    ``(A) in connection with processing a specific 
                financial transaction that the customer to whom the 
                information relates has authorized, if--
                            ``(i) the customer has been informed that 
                        any such transaction will necessarily involve 
                        the disclosure or transfer of such information; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the person to whom such information 
                        is transferred or disclosed is subject to a 
                        legal or contractual obligation not to use such 
                        information for any purpose other than in 
                        connection with facilitating the transaction;
                    ``(B) in connection with any routine financial 
                transaction which does not involve marketing of 
                services or the sale of customer information, if the 
                person to whom such information is transferred or 
                disclosed is subject to a legal or contractual 
                obligation not to use such information for any purpose 
                other than in connection with effectuating the 
                transaction;
                    ``(C) in connection with clearing checks, 
                processing financial transactions or electronic fund 
                transfers, or providing mailing services, if the person 
                to whom such information is transferred or disclosed is 
                subject to a legal or contractual obligation not to use 
                such information for any purpose other than in 
                connection with clearing or processing the transaction 
                or providing the service;
                    ``(D) to a governmental, regulatory, or self-
                regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the 
                insured depository institution for examination, 
                compliance, or other authorized purposes;
                    ``(E) to a court of competent jurisdiction;
                    ``(F) to a consumer reporting agency, as defined in 
                section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, for 
                use solely in accordance with such Act;
                    ``(G) in the case of a default by the customer on 
                an obligation to the bank holding company or affiliate, 
                to a debt collector, as defined in section 803(6) of 
                the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, counsel, or 
                other entity involved in debt collection, for use 
                solely in accordance with such Act;
                    ``(H) in the case of any claim or litigation 
                between the customer and a depository institution or 
                subsidiary, to counsel or any other person involved in 
                the resolution of the dispute;
                    ``(I) that is not personally identifiable to the 
                customer or is public information; or
                    ``(J) that is necessary to prevent or investigate 
                fraudulent or unlawful acts which the bank holding 
                company or affiliate has a good faith belief may occur 
                or may have occurred.''.
answer:
Banking Privacy Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to mandate customer notice and written consent as a prerequisite to personal information sharing between institutions under their purview (an insured depository institution or bank holding company, respectively) and other persons or affiliates. 
Delineates notice and consent procedures.


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SECTION 1. CONSERVATION FLEX PROGRAM OPTION.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Agricultural Act of 1949 is 
amended by inserting after section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k) the following 
new section:
``SEC. 116. CONSERVATION FLEX PROGRAM OPTION.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a voluntary 
conservation flex program option to assist producers of agricultural 
commodities in adopting integrated, site-specific farm management plans 
through the reduction of farm program barriers to resource stewardship 
practices and systems.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `program' means the conservation flex 
        program option established under this section.
            ``(2) The term `plan' means a site-specific farm management 
        plan prepared by the producer and approved by the Secretary.
            ``(3) The term `alternative crops' means experimental and 
        industrial crops which conserve soil and water.
            ``(4) The term `breeding cattle' means bulls, dams, and 
        heifers held solely for the production of calves, but shall not 
        include weaned calves being grown for slaughter or dairy 
        cattle.
            ``(5) The term `legume' means any legume, including 
        alfalfa, clover, lentils, lupine, medic, peas, soybeans, and 
        vetch grown for use as a forage, green manure, or biomass 
        feedstock, but not including any pulse crop from which the 
        seeds are harvested and sold for purposes other than use as 
        seed for planting.
            ``(6) The term `resource-conserving crop' means legumes, 
        grasses, brassica cover crops and forages, alternative crops, 
        any interseeded or relay-planted combination of such crops, any 
        interseeded or relay-planted combination of such crops and 
        small grains, and such other crops as the Secretary may 
        designate.
            ``(7) The term `resource-conserving crop rotation' means a 
        crop rotation which includes at least one resource-conserving 
        crop and that reduces erosion, maintains or improves soil 
        fertility, tilth and structure, interrupts pest cycles, or 
        conserves water.
            ``(8) The term `rotational grazing' means planting forage, 
        dividing pastures into paddocks, and using grazing rotations to 
        increase forage quality and production, improve vegetative 
        cover, and reduce sediment and nutrient runoff.
            ``(9) The term `small grains' means any small grain, 
        including barley, buckwheat, oats, rye, spelt, and triticale, 
        but not including wheat, except for wheat grown for nonhuman 
        consumption.
            ``(10) The term `special conservation practices' means 
        field borders, contour grass strips, grass waterways, filter 
        strips, grass windbreaks, buffer areas, wildlife habitat 
        plantings, habitat plantings for beneficial organisms that aid 
        in the control of pests, and such other practices as the 
        Secretary may designate.
    ``(c) Eligible Producers.--To be eligible to participate in the 
program, a producer must prepare and submit to the Secretary for 
approval a site-specific farm management plan, which may at the 
producer's option be integrated with any conservation plan developed 
pursuant to section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3812) and any other conservation or natural resource plan required for 
producer participation in any program within the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary.
    ``(d) Agreements.--Upon the approval of a plan submitted by a 
producer under subsection (c), the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement with the producer that specifies the crop acreage bases being 
enrolled in the program. The agreement shall be for a period of not 
less than one year, nor more than seven years, as determined by the 
producer. The agreement may be renewed upon the mutual agreement of the 
Secretary and the producer.
    ``(e) Producer Responsibilities Under Agreement.--Under the terms 
of an agreement entered into under subsection (d), a producer shall 
agree--
            ``(1) to actively comply with the terms and conditions of 
        the applicable plan, as approved by the Secretary;
            ``(2) to devote to a resource-conserving crop--
                    ``(A) not less than 15 percent of the crop acreage 
                bases of the producer enrolled under such program; or
                    ``(B) not less than 15 percent of the producer's 
                total crop acres, if the sum of resource-conserving 
                crop acres on non-base acres and total crop acreage 
                bases on the farm does not exceed the county average 
                base-to-cropland ratio; and
            ``(3) to keep such records as the Secretary may reasonably 
        require for purposes of program evaluation.
    ``(f) Requirements of the Plan.--To be approved by the Secretary, a 
plan submitted by a producer must--
            ``(1) specify the crop acreage bases the producer chooses 
        to enroll in the program;
            ``(2) describe the resource-conserving crop rotation, 
        special conservation practices, rotational grazing, or biomass 
        production operations and practices to be implemented and 
        maintained on such acreage during the agreement period which 
        fulfill the purposes of the program;
            ``(3) contain a schedule for the implementation, 
        improvement and maintenance of the resource-conserving crop 
        rotation, special conservation practices, rotational grazing, 
        or biomass operations and practices described in the plan; and
            ``(4) contain such other terms as the Secretary may 
        require.
    ``(g) Program Administration, Certification, and Termination.--
            ``(1) Program administration, technical assistance, and 
        flexibility.--
                    ``(A) Administration.--The program shall be 
                administered by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Technical assistance.--In administering the 
                program, the Secretary, in consultation with the local 
                conservation districts and any State or local 
                authorities deemed appropriate by the Secretary, shall 
                provide technical assistance to a producer in 
                developing and implementing a plan, evaluating the 
                effectiveness of a plan, and assessing the costs and 
                benefits of farming operations and practices. If 
                requested by a producer, the Secretary shall provide 
                technical assistance to help the producer comply with 
                Federal, State, and local requirements designed to 
                protect soil, wetlands, wildlife habitat, the quality 
                of ground water and surface water, or other natural 
                resources.
                    ``(C) Flexibility.--In administering the program, 
                the Secretary shall provide sufficient flexibility for 
                a producer to revise the producer's plan to respond to 
                changes in market conditions, weather, or technology or 
                to adjust and modify the farming operation, except that 
                such revisions must be consistent with the purposes of 
                the program and approved by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Certification.--The Secretary shall certify producer 
        compliance with the terms and conditions of the plan.
            ``(3) Termination.--The Secretary may terminate an 
        agreement entered into with a producer under this program if--
                    ``(A) the producer agrees to such termination; or
                    ``(B) the producer violates the terms and 
                conditions of such agreement.
    ``(h) Program Rules.--
            ``(1) Base and yield protection.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the Secretary shall not reduce crop acreage 
        bases or farm program payment yields as a result of the 
        planting of a resource-conserving crop.
            ``(2) Payment acres.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, the Secretary shall not reduce any farm program loans, 
        payments, or benefits of a program participant as a result of 
        the planting of a resource-conserving crop.
            ``(3) Payment rate.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary shall provide deficiency payments on 
        resource-conserving crop acreage eligible for payments at a 
        rate not less than the projected deficiency payment rate, as 
        determined and announced each year by the Secretary prior to 
        the period during which producers may agree to participate in 
        the program.
            ``(4) Payment acre protection.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the Secretary shall not reduce the payment 
        acres or the established price for a program participant who 
        has entered into an agreement with the Secretary for a fixed 
        period of time.
            ``(5) Resource-conserving crops on normal flex acreage.--
        Acreage devoted to resource-conserving crops under this program 
        may, at the discretion of the producer, be designated as normal 
        flex acreage.
            ``(6) Adjustments in production adjustment requirements.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
        make fair and equitable adjustments in acreage limitation 
        requirements applicable to a producer participating in the 
        program giving due consideration to crop rotation, special 
        conservation practices, rotational grazing, biomass production, 
        and other appropriate factors resulting from the implementation 
        of a plan. If the Secretary determines that the reduction in 
        program crop production on a participating farm referred to in 
        the preceding sentence will equal or exceed any reduction in 
        crop production which, in the absence of participation in the 
        program, would occur as a result of acreage limitation 
        requirements, the Secretary shall waive such acreage limitation 
        requirements for the farm. If the resource conserving crop 
        includes a farm program feed grain crop planted on the base 
        acres of another farm program feed grain crop, the Secretary 
        shall take into account the established or county average yield 
        of the two feed grains for the purposes of making the 
        adjustment or waiver.
            ``(7) Total base acreage flexibility.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, the Secretary shall allow participants 
        in this program to plant farm program crops and oilseeds in any 
        proportion on a producer's total acreage of farm program crop 
        base and historic oilseeds acreage without affecting farm 
        program payments.
            ``(8) Crop insurance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, acreage devoted to resource-conserving crops under this 
        program shall be eligible for crop insurance pursuant to the 
        Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
            ``(9) Haying and grazing restriction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall not make any 
                farm program payments to a producer, who is otherwise 
                eligible to receive such payments, for acreage enrolled 
                in the program if the producer, during the consecutive 
                five month period in each State in which haying and 
                grazing of conserving use acres may be prohibited under 
                the provisions of this Act, grazes breeding cattle or 
                nursing calves or harvests and sells hay on payment 
                acres.
                    ``(B) Transition option.--The restriction in 
                subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of a 
                producer who agrees to retire all base acreage enrolled 
                in the program at the end of the agreement period.
                    ``(C) Emergency haying and grazing.--The Secretary 
                shall release acreage devoted to resource-conserving 
                crops for emergency haying and grazing as the result of 
                a natural disaster when the Secretary permits unlimited 
                haying and grazing on--
                            ``(i) reduced acreage under this Act;
                            ``(ii) acreage devoted to a conservation 
                        use under this Act;
                            ``(iii) acreage diverted from production 
                        under a land diversion program established 
                        under this Act; or
                            ``(iv) acreage enrolled in the conservation 
                        reserve program under the Food Security Act of 
                        1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).''.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1451 of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5822) is repealed.
answer:
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary conservation flex program which will permit producers to adopt integrated site-specific farm management plans.  Includes within such plans resource-conserving crops, crop rotation, and rotational grazing.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Uganda Crisis Response 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) The United States and the Republic of Uganda enjoy a strong 
    bilateral relationship and continue to work closely together in 
    fighting the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune 
    deficiency syndrome (``HIV/AIDS'') pandemic and combating 
    international terrorism.
        (2) For more than 17 years, the Government of Uganda has been 
    engaged in a conflict with the Lord's Resistance Army that has 
    inflicted hardship and suffering on the people of northern and 
    eastern Uganda.
        (3) The members of the Lord's Resistance Army have used brutal 
    tactics during this conflict, including abducting and forcing 
    individuals into sexual servitude, and forcing a large number of 
    children, estimated to be between 16,000 and 26,000 children, in 
    Uganda to serve in such Army's military forces.
        (4) The Secretary of State has designated the Lord's Resistance 
    Army as a terrorist organization and placed the Lord's Resistance 
    Army on the Terrorist Exclusion list pursuant to section 212(a)(3) 
    of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)).
        (5) According to Human Rights Watch, since the mid-1990s the 
    only known sponsor of the Lord's Resistance Army has been the 
    Government of Sudan, though such Government denies providing 
    assistance to the Lord's Resistance Army.
        (6) More than 1,000,000 people have been displaced from their 
    homes in Uganda as a result of the conflict.
        (7) The conflict has resulted in a lack of security for the 
    people of Uganda, and as a result of such lack, each night more 
    than 18,000 children leave their homes and flee to the relative 
    safety of town centers, creating a massive ``night commuter'' 
    phenomenon that leaves already vulnerable children subject to 
    exploitation and abuse.
        (8) Individuals who have been displaced by the conflict in 
    Uganda often suffer from acute malnutrition and the mortality rate 
    for children in northern Uganda who have been displaced is very 
    high.
        (9) In the latter part of 2003, humanitarian and human rights 
    organizations operating in northern Uganda reported an increase in 
    violence directed at their efforts and at civilians, including a 
    sharp increase in child abductions.
        (10) The Government of Uganda's military efforts to resolve 
    this conflict, including the arming and training of local militia 
    forces, have not ensured the security of civilian populations in 
    the region to date.
        (11) The continued instability and lack of security in Uganda 
    has severely hindered the ability of any organization or 
    governmental entity to deliver regular humanitarian assistance and 
    services to individuals who have been displaced or otherwise 
    negatively affected by the conflict.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the United 
States should--
        (1) work vigorously to support ongoing efforts to explore the 
    prospects for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in northern and 
    eastern Uganda;
        (2) work with the Government of Uganda and the international 
    community to make available sufficient resources to meet the 
    immediate relief and development needs of the towns and cities in 
    Uganda that are supporting large numbers of people who have been 
    displaced by the conflict;
        (3) urge the Government of Uganda and the international 
    community to assume greater responsibility for the protection of 
    civilians and economic development in regions in Uganda affected by 
    the conflict, and to place a high priority on providing security, 
    economic development, and humanitarian assistance to the people of 
    Uganda;
        (4) work with the international community, the Government of 
    Uganda, and civil society in northern and eastern Uganda to develop 
    a plan whereby those now displaced may return to their homes or to 
    other locations where they may become economically productive;
        (5) urge the leaders and members of the Lord's Resistance Army 
    to stop the abduction of children, and urge all armed forces in 
    Uganda to stop the use of child soldiers, and seek the release of 
    all individuals who have been abducted;
        (6) make available increased resources for assistance to 
    individuals who were abducted during the conflict, child soldiers, 
    and other children affected by the conflict;
        (7) work with the Government of Uganda, other countries, and 
    international organizations to ensure that sufficient resources and 
    technical support are devoted to the demobilization and 
    reintegration of rebel combatants and abductees forced by their 
    captors to serve in non-combatant support roles;
        (8) cooperate with the international community to support civil 
    society organizations and leaders in Uganda, including Acholi 
    religious leaders, who are working toward a just and lasting 
    resolution to the conflict;
        (9) urge the Government of Uganda to improve the 
    professionalism of Ugandan military personnel currently stationed 
    in northern and eastern Uganda, with an emphasis on respect for 
    human rights, accountability for abuses, and effective civilian 
    protection;
        (10) work with the international community to assist 
    institutions of civil society in Uganda to increase the capacity of 
    such institutions to monitor the human rights situation in northern 
    Uganda and to raise awareness of abuses of human rights that occur 
    in that area;
        (11) urge the Government of Uganda to permit international 
    human rights monitors to establish a presence in northern and 
    eastern Uganda;
        (12) monitor the creation of civilian militia forces in 
    northern and eastern Uganda and publicize any concerns regarding 
    the recruitment of children into such forces or the potential that 
    the establishment of such forces will invite increased targeting of 
    civilians in the conflict or exacerbate ethnic tension and 
    violence; and
        (13) make clear that the relationship between the Government of 
    Sudan and the Government of the United States cannot improve unless 
    no credible evidence indicates that authorities of the Government 
    of Sudan are complicit in efforts to provide weapons or other 
    support to the Lord's Resistance Army.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    (a) Requirements.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on the conflict in Uganda.
    (b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include a 
description of the following:
        (1) The individuals or entities that are providing financial 
    and material support for the Lord's Resistance Army, including a 
    description of any such support provided by the Government of Sudan 
    or by senior officials of such Government.
        (2) The activities of the Lord's Resistance Army that create 
    obstacles that prohibit the provision of humanitarian assistance or 
    the protection of the civilian population in Uganda.
        (3) The practices employed by the Ugandan People's Defense 
    Forces in northern and eastern Uganda to ensure that children and 
    civilians are protected, that civilian complaints are addressed, 
    and that any member of the armed forces that abuses a civilian is 
    held accountable for such abuse.
        (4) The actions carried out by the Government of the United 
    States, the Government of Uganda, or the international community to 
    protect civilians, especially women and children, who have been 
    displaced by the conflict in Uganda, including women and children 
    that leave their homes and flee to cities and towns at night in 
    search of security from sexual exploitation and gender-based 
    violence.
    (c) Form of Report.--The report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) support efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in northern and eastern Uganda; (2) work with the Government of Uganda and the international community to make available sufficient resources to meet the relief and development needs of the towns and cities that are supporting large numbers of displaced people; (3) urge the Government of Uganda and the international community to assume greater responsibility for the protection of civilians and economic development in regions in Uganda affected by the conflict; (4) urge the leaders and members of the Lord's Resistance Army to stop the abduction of children, and urge all armed forces in Uganda to stop the use of child soldiers, and seek the release of all individuals who have been abducted; (5) provide assistance to individuals who were abducted during the conflict, child soldiers, and other children affected by the conflict; (6) work with the Government of Uganda, other countries, and international organizations to ensure that sufficient resources and technical support are devoted to the demobilization and reintegration of rebel combatants and abductees; (7) urge the Government of Uganda to improve the professionalism of Ugandan military personnel currently stationed in northern and eastern Uganda, with an emphasis on respect for human rights and civilian protection; (8) work with the international community to assist and increase the capacity of Ugandan civil institutions to monitor the human rights situation in northern Uganda; (9) urge the Government of Uganda to permit international human rights monitors to establish a presence in northern and eastern Uganda; and (10) make clear that the relationship between Sudan and the United States cannot improve unless no credible evidence indicates that authorities of the Government of Sudan are providing support to the Lord's Resistance Army.

Directs the Secretary of State to submit a report on the conflict in Uganda which shall include information on: (1) individuals or entities that are providing support for the Lord's Resistance Army, including a description of any such support provided by the Government of Sudan or by senior officials of such Government; (2) activities of the Lord's Resistance Army that prohibit the provision of humanitarian assistance or the protection of the civilian population in Uganda; (3) practices employed by the Ugandan People's Defense Forces in northern and eastern Uganda to ensure that children and civilians are protected; and (4) actions carried out by the United States, Uganda, or the international community to protect displaced civilians, especially women and children.