To express the sense of Congress regarding the funding of activities under this Act.

This amendment's own text couldn't be picked out of its Congressional Record passage, so the passage is shown in full.

LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY DISARMAMENT AND NORTHERN UGANDA RECOVERY ACT OF
                                  2009

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed
to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 228, S. 1067.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1067) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill
(S. 1067) 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, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign
Relations, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause
and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Lord's Resistance Army
     Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) For over 2 decades, the Government of Uganda engaged in
     an armed conflict with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in
     northern Uganda that led to the internal displacement of more
     than 2,000,000 Ugandans from their homes.
       (2) The members of the Lord's Resistance Army used brutal
     tactics in northern Uganda, including mutilating, abducting
     and forcing individuals into sexual servitude and forcing a
     large number of children and youth in Uganda, estimated by
     the Survey for War Affected Youth to be over 66,000, to fight
     as part of the rebel force.

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       (3) The Secretary of State has 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)), and LRA leader Joseph Kony has been designated a
     ``specially designated global terrorist'' pursuant to
     Executive Order 13224.
       (4) In late 2005, according to the United Nations Office
     for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Lord's
     Resistance Army shifted their primary base of operations from
     southern Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
     and the rebels have since withdrawn from northern Uganda.
       (5) Representatives of the Government of Uganda and the
     Lord's Resistance Army began peace negotiations in 2006,
     mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan in Juba, Sudan,
     and signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement on August
     20, 2006, which provided for hundreds of thousands of
     internally displaced people to return home in safety.
       (6) After nearly 2 years of negotiations, representatives
     from the parties reached the Final Peace Agreement in April
     2008, but Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance
     Army, refused to sign the Final Peace Agreement in May 2008
     and his forces launched new attacks in northeastern Congo.
       (7) According to the United Nations Office for the
     Coordination of Humanitarian Relief and the United Nations
     High Commissioner for Refugees, the new activity of the
     Lord's Resistance Army in northeastern Congo and southern
     Sudan since September 2008 has led to the abduction of at
     least 1,500 civilians, including hundreds of children, and
     the displacement of more than 540,000 people.
       (8) In December 2008, the military forces of Uganda, the
     Democratic Republic of Congo, and southern Sudan launched a
     joint operation against the Lord's Resistance Army's bases in
     northeastern Congo, but the operation failed to apprehend
     Joseph Kony, and his forces retaliated with a series of new
     attacks and massacres in Congo and southern Sudan, killing an
     estimated 900 people in 2 months alone.
       (9) Despite the refusal of Joseph Kony to sign the Final
     Peace Agreement, the Government of Uganda has committed to
     continue reconstruction plans for northern Uganda, and to
     implement those mechanisms of the Final Peace Agreement not
     conditional on the compliance of the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (10) Since 2008, recovery efforts in northern Uganda have
     moved forward with the financial support of the United States
     and other donors, but have been hampered by a lack of
     strategic coordination, logistical delays, and limited
     leadership from the Government of Uganda.

     SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States to work with regional
     governments toward a comprehensive and lasting resolution to
     the conflict in northern Uganda and other affected areas by--
       (1) providing political, economic, military, and
     intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to
     protect civilians from the Lord's Resistance Army, to
     apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from
     the battlefield in the continued absence of a negotiated
     solution, and to disarm and demobilize the remaining Lord's
     Resistance Army fighters;
       (2) targeting assistance to respond to the humanitarian
     needs of populations in northeastern Congo, southern Sudan,
     and Central African Republic currently affected by the
     activity of the Lord's Resistance Army; and
       (3) further supporting and encouraging efforts of the
     Government of Uganda and civil society to promote
     comprehensive reconstruction, transitional justice, and
     reconciliation in northern Uganda as affirmed in the Northern
     Uganda Crisis Response Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-283) and
     subsequent resolutions, including Senate Resolution 366,
     109th Congress, agreed to February 2, 2006, Senate Resolution
     573, 109th Congress, agreed to September 19, 2006, Senate
     Concurrent Resolution 16, 110th Congress, agreed to in the
     Senate March 1, 2007, and House Concurrent Resolution 80,
     110th Congress, agreed to in the House of Representatives
     June 18, 2007.

     SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THE DISARMAMENT
                   OF THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY.

       (a) Requirement for Strategy.--Not later than 180 days
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
     shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of
     Congress a strategy to guide future United States support
     across the region for viable multilateral efforts to mitigate
     and eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability
     posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (b) Content of Strategy.--The strategy shall include the
     following:
       (1) A plan to help strengthen efforts by the United Nations
     and regional governments to protect civilians from attacks by
     the Lord's Resistance Army while supporting the development
     of institutions in affected areas that can help to maintain
     the rule of law and prevent conflict in the long term.
       (2) An assessment of viable options through which the
     United States, working with regional governments, could help
     develop and support multilateral efforts to eliminate the
     threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (3) An interagency framework to plan, coordinate, and
     review diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military
     elements of United States policy across the region regarding
     the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (4) A description of the type and form of diplomatic
     engagement across the region undertaken to coordinate and
     implement United States policy regarding the Lord's
     Resistance Army and to work multilaterally with regional
     mechanisms, including the Tripartite Plus Commission and the
     Great Lakes Pact.
       (5) A description of how this engagement will fit within
     the context of broader efforts and policy objectives in the
     Great Lakes Region.
       (c) Form.--The strategy under this section shall be
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
     annex.

     SEC. 5. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE UGANDA
                   AFFECTED BY THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY.

       (a) Authority.--In accordance with section 491 of the
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) and section 2
     of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22
     U.S.C. 2601), the President is authorized to provide
     additional assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo,
     southern Sudan, and Central African Republic to respond to
     the humanitarian needs of populations directly affected by
     the activity of the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
     to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2011 to carry
     out this section.

     SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IN
                   NORTHERN UGANDA.

       (a) Authority.--It is the sense of Congress that the
     President should support efforts by the people of northern
     Uganda and the Government of Uganda--
       (1) to assist internally displaced people in transition and
     returnees to secure durable solutions by spurring economic
     revitalization, supporting livelihoods, helping to alleviate
     poverty, and advancing access to basic services at return
     sites, specifically clean water, health care, and schools;
       (2) to enhance the accountability and administrative
     competency of local governance institutions and public
     agencies in northern Uganda with regard to budget management,
     provision of public goods and services, and related oversight
     functions;
       (3) to strengthen the operational capacity of the civilian
     police in northern Uganda to enhance public safety, prevent
     crime, and deal sensitively with gender-based violence, while
     strengthening accountability measures to prevent corruption
     and abuses;
       (4) to rebuild and improve the capacity of the justice
     system in northern Uganda, including the courts and penal
     systems, with particular sensitivity to the needs and rights
     of women and children;
       (5) to establish mechanisms for the disarmament,
     demobilization, and reintegration of former combatants and
     those abducted by the LRA, including vocational education and
     employment opportunities, with attention given to the roles
     and needs of men, women and children; and
       (6) to promote programs to address psychosocial trauma,
     particularly post-traumatic stress disorder.
       (b) Future Year Funding.--It is the sense of Congress that
     the Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States
     Agency for International Development should work with the
     appropriate committees of Congress to increase assistance in
     future fiscal years to support activities described in this
     section if the Government of Uganda demonstrates a commitment
     to transparent and accountable reconstruction in war-affected
     areas of northern Uganda, specifically by--
       (1) finalizing the establishment of mechanisms within the
     Office of the Prime Minister to sufficiently manage and
     coordinate the programs under the framework of the Peace
     Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP);
       (2) increasing oversight activities and reporting, at the
     local and national level in Uganda, to ensure funds under the
     Peace Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda
     framework are used efficiently and with minimal waste; and
       (3) committing substantial funds of its own, above and
     beyond standard budget allocations to local governments, to
     the task of implementing the Peace Recovery and Development
     Plan for Northern Uganda such that communities affected by
     the war can recover.
       (c) Coordination With Other Donor Nations.--The United
     States should work with other donor nations to increase
     contributions for recovery efforts in northern Uganda and
     better leverage those contributions to enhance the capacity
     and encourage the leadership of the Government of Uganda in
     promoting transparent and accountable reconstruction in
     northern Uganda.
       (d) Termination of Assistance.--It is the sense of Congress
     that the Secretary of State should withhold non-humanitarian
     bilateral assistance to the Republic of Uganda if the
     Secretary determines that the Government of Uganda is not
     committed to reconstruction and reconciliation in the war-
     affected areas of northern Uganda and is not taking proactive
     steps to ensure this process moves forward in a transparent
     and accountable manner.

     SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE FOR RECONCILIATION AND TRANSITIONAL
                   JUSTICE IN NORTHERN UGANDA.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that,
     despite reconstruction and development efforts, a continued
     failure to take meaningful steps toward national
     reconciliation and accountability risks perpetuating
     longstanding political grievances and fueling new conflicts.
       (b) Authority.--In accordance with section 531 of the
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346), the
     President is authorized to support efforts by the people of
     northern Uganda and the Government of Uganda to advance
     efforts to promote transitional justice and reconciliation on
     both local and national levels, including to encourage
     implementation of the mechanisms outlined in the Annexure to
     the Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation between
     the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army/
     Movement, signed at Juba February 19, 2008, namely--

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       (1) a body to investigate the history of the conflict,
     inquire into human rights violations committed during the
     conflict by all sides, promote truth-telling in communities,
     and encourage the preservation of the memory of events and
     victims of the conflict through memorials, archives,
     commemorations, and other forms of preservation;
       (2) a special division of the High Court of Uganda to try
     individuals alleged to have committed serious crimes during
     the conflict, and a special unit to carry out investigations
     and prosecutions in support of trials;
       (3) a system for making reparations to victims of the
     conflict; and
       (4) a review and strategy for supporting transitional
     justice mechanisms in affected areas to promote
     reconciliation and encourage individuals to take personal
     responsibility for their conduct during the war.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
     to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011
     through 2013 to carry out this section.

     SEC. 8. REPORT.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the
     submission of the strategy required under section 4, the
     Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the progress
     made toward the implementation of the strategy required under
     section 4 and a description and evaluation of the assistance
     provided under this Act toward the policy objectives
     described in section 3.
       (b) Contents.--The report required under section (a) shall
     include--
       (1) a description and evaluation of actions taken toward
     the implementation of the strategy required under section 4;
       (2) a description of assistance provided under sections 5,
     6, and 7;
       (3) an evaluation of bilateral assistance provided to the
     Republic of Uganda and associated programs in light of stated
     policy objectives;
       (4) a description of the status of the Peace Recovery and
     Development Plan for Northern Uganda and the progress of the
     Government of Uganda in fulfilling the steps outlined in
     section 6(b); and
       (5) a description of amounts of assistance committed, and
     amounts provided, to northern Uganda during the reporting
     period by the Government of Uganda and each donor country.
       (c) Form.--The report under this section shall be submitted
     in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

     SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on
     Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
     Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Great lakes region.--The term ``Great Lakes Region''
     means the region comprising Burundi, Democratic Republic of
     Congo, Rwanda, southern Sudan, and Uganda.
       (3) LRA-affected areas.--The term ``LRA-affected areas''
     means those portions of northern Uganda, southern Sudan,
     northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and southeastern
     Central African Republic determined by the Secretary of State
     to be affected by the Lord's Resistance Army as of the date
     of the enactment of this Act.

  Mr. DORGAN. I ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute
amendment be considered; that a Feingold amendment which is at the desk
be agreed to; the substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the
bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motions to
reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate,
and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3461) was agreed to, as follows:

  (Purpose: To express the sense of Congress regarding the funding of
                       activities under this Act)

       On page 21, line 4, strike ``(a) Authority.--''.
       On page 21, strike lines 12 through 14.
       On page 26, strike lines 1 through 3.
       On page 27, strike line 10 and insert the following:

     SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUNDING.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) of the total amounts to be appropriated for fiscal year
     2011 for the Department of State and foreign operations, up
     to $10,000,000 should be used to carry out activities under
     section 5; and
       (2) of the total amounts to be appropriated for fiscal year
     2011 through 2013 for the Department of State and foreign
     operations, up to $10,000,000 in each such fiscal year should
     be used to carry out activities under section 7.

     SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended,
was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1067), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1067

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Lord's Resistance Army
     Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) For over 2 decades, the Government of Uganda engaged in
     an armed conflict with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in
     northern Uganda that led to the internal displacement of more
     than 2,000,000 Ugandans from their homes.
       (2) The members of the Lord's Resistance Army used brutal
     tactics in northern Uganda, including mutilating, abducting
     and forcing individuals into sexual servitude and forcing a
     large number of children and youth in Uganda, estimated by
     the Survey for War Affected Youth to be over 66,000, to fight
     as part of the rebel force.
       (3) The Secretary of State has 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)), and LRA leader Joseph Kony has been designated a
     ``specially designated global terrorist'' pursuant to
     Executive Order 13224.
       (4) In late 2005, according to the United Nations Office
     for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Lord's
     Resistance Army shifted their primary base of operations from
     southern Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
     and the rebels have since withdrawn from northern Uganda.
       (5) Representatives of the Government of Uganda and the
     Lord's Resistance Army began peace negotiations in 2006,
     mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan in Juba, Sudan,
     and signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement on August
     20, 2006, which provided for hundreds of thousands of
     internally displaced people to return home in safety.
       (6) After nearly 2 years of negotiations, representatives
     from the parties reached the Final Peace Agreement in April
     2008, but Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance
     Army, refused to sign the Final Peace Agreement in May 2008
     and his forces launched new attacks in northeastern Congo.
       (7) According to the United Nations Office for the
     Coordination of Humanitarian Relief and the United Nations
     High Commissioner for Refugees, the new activity of the
     Lord's Resistance Army in northeastern Congo and southern
     Sudan since September 2008 has led to the abduction of at
     least 1,500 civilians, including hundreds of children, and
     the displacement of more than 540,000 people.
       (8) In December 2008, the military forces of Uganda, the
     Democratic Republic of Congo, and southern Sudan launched a
     joint operation against the Lord's Resistance Army's bases in
     northeastern Congo, but the operation failed to apprehend
     Joseph Kony, and his forces retaliated with a series of new
     attacks and massacres in Congo and southern Sudan, killing an
     estimated 900 people in 2 months alone.
       (9) Despite the refusal of Joseph Kony to sign the Final
     Peace Agreement, the Government of Uganda has committed to
     continue reconstruction plans for northern Uganda, and to
     implement those mechanisms of the Final Peace Agreement not
     conditional on the compliance of the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (10) Since 2008, recovery efforts in northern Uganda have
     moved forward with the financial support of the United States
     and other donors, but have been hampered by a lack of
     strategic coordination, logistical delays, and limited
     leadership from the Government of Uganda.

     SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States to work with regional
     governments toward a comprehensive and lasting resolution to
     the conflict in northern Uganda and other affected areas by--
       (1) providing political, economic, military, and
     intelligence support for viable multilateral efforts to
     protect civilians from the Lord's Resistance Army, to
     apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from
     the battlefield in the continued absence of a negotiated
     solution, and to disarm and demobilize the remaining Lord's
     Resistance Army fighters;
       (2) targeting assistance to respond to the humanitarian
     needs of populations in northeastern Congo, southern Sudan,
     and Central African Republic currently affected by the
     activity of the Lord's Resistance Army; and
       (3) further supporting and encouraging efforts of the
     Government of Uganda and civil society to promote
     comprehensive reconstruction, transitional justice, and
     reconciliation in northern Uganda as affirmed in the Northern
     Uganda Crisis Response Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-283) and
     subsequent resolutions, including Senate Resolution 366,
     109th Congress, agreed to February 2, 2006, Senate Resolution
     573, 109th Congress, agreed to September 19, 2006, Senate
     Concurrent Resolution 16, 110th Congress, agreed to in the
     Senate March 1, 2007, and House Concurrent Resolution 80,
     110th Congress, agreed to in the House of Representatives
     June 18, 2007.

     SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THE DISARMAMENT
                   OF THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY.

       (a) Requirement for Strategy.--Not later than 180 days
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
     shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of
     Congress a strategy to guide future United States support
     across the region for viable multilateral efforts to mitigate
     and eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability
     posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.

[[Page S1412]]

       (b) Content of Strategy.--The strategy shall include the
     following:
       (1) A plan to help strengthen efforts by the United Nations
     and regional governments to protect civilians from attacks by
     the Lord's Resistance Army while supporting the development
     of institutions in affected areas that can help to maintain
     the rule of law and prevent conflict in the long term.
       (2) An assessment of viable options through which the
     United States, working with regional governments, could help
     develop and support multilateral efforts to eliminate the
     threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (3) An interagency framework to plan, coordinate, and
     review diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military
     elements of United States policy across the region regarding
     the Lord's Resistance Army.
       (4) A description of the type and form of diplomatic
     engagement across the region undertaken to coordinate and
     implement United States policy regarding the Lord's
     Resistance Army and to work multilaterally with regional
     mechanisms, including the Tripartite Plus Commission and the
     Great Lakes Pact.
       (5) A description of how this engagement will fit within
     the context of broader efforts and policy objectives in the
     Great Lakes Region.
       (c) Form.--The strategy under this section shall be
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
     annex.

     SEC. 5. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE UGANDA
                   AFFECTED BY THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY.

       In accordance with section 491 of the Foreign Assistance
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) and section 2 of the Migration
     and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), the
     President is authorized to provide additional assistance to
     the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, and Central
     African Republic to respond to the humanitarian needs of
     populations directly affected by the activity of the Lord's
     Resistance Army.

     SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IN
                   NORTHERN UGANDA.

       (a) Authority.--It is the sense of Congress that the
     President should support efforts by the people of northern
     Uganda and the Government of Uganda--
       (1) to assist internally displaced people in transition and
     returnees to secure durable solutions by spurring economic
     revitalization, supporting livelihoods, helping to alleviate
     poverty, and advancing access to basic services at return
     sites, specifically clean water, health care, and schools;
       (2) to enhance the accountability and administrative
     competency of local governance institutions and public
     agencies in northern Uganda with regard to budget management,
     provision of public goods and services, and related oversight
     functions;
       (3) to strengthen the operational capacity of the civilian
     police in northern Uganda to enhance public safety, prevent
     crime, and deal sensitively with gender-based violence, while
     strengthening accountability measures to prevent corruption
     and abuses;
       (4) to rebuild and improve the capacity of the justice
     system in northern Uganda, including the courts and penal
     systems, with particular sensitivity to the needs and rights
     of women and children;
       (5) to establish mechanisms for the disarmament,
     demobilization, and reintegration of former combatants and
     those abducted by the LRA, including vocational education and
     employment opportunities, with attention given to the roles
     and needs of men, women and children; and
       (6) to promote programs to address psychosocial trauma,
     particularly post-traumatic stress disorder.
       (b) Future Year Funding.--It is the sense of Congress that
     the Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States
     Agency for International Development should work with the
     appropriate committees of Congress to increase assistance in
     future fiscal years to support activities described in this
     section if the Government of Uganda demonstrates a commitment
     to transparent and accountable reconstruction in war-affected
     areas of northern Uganda, specifically by--
       (1) finalizing the establishment of mechanisms within the
     Office of the Prime Minister to sufficiently manage and
     coordinate the programs under the framework of the Peace
     Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP);
       (2) increasing oversight activities and reporting, at the
     local and national level in Uganda, to ensure funds under the
     Peace Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda
     framework are used efficiently and with minimal waste; and
       (3) committing substantial funds of its own, above and
     beyond standard budget allocations to local governments, to
     the task of implementing the Peace Recovery and Development
     Plan for Northern Uganda such that communities affected by
     the war can recover.
       (c) Coordination With Other Donor Nations.--The United
     States should work with other donor nations to increase
     contributions for recovery efforts in northern Uganda and
     better leverage those contributions to enhance the capacity
     and encourage the leadership of the Government of Uganda in
     promoting transparent and accountable reconstruction in
     northern Uganda.
       (d) Termination of Assistance.--It is the sense of Congress
     that the Secretary of State should withhold non-humanitarian
     bilateral assistance to the Republic of Uganda if the
     Secretary determines that the Government of Uganda is not
     committed to reconstruction and reconciliation in the war-
     affected areas of northern Uganda and is not taking proactive
     steps to ensure this process moves forward in a transparent
     and accountable manner.

     SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE FOR RECONCILIATION AND TRANSITIONAL
                   JUSTICE IN NORTHERN UGANDA.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that,
     despite reconstruction and development efforts, a continued
     failure to take meaningful steps toward national
     reconciliation and accountability risks perpetuating
     longstanding political grievances and fueling new conflicts.
       (b) Authority.--In accordance with section 531 of the
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346), the
     President is authorized to support efforts by the people of
     northern Uganda and the Government of Uganda to advance
     efforts to promote transitional justice and reconciliation on
     both local and national levels, including to encourage
     implementation of the mechanisms outlined in the Annexure to
     the Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation between
     the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army/
     Movement, signed at Juba February 19, 2008, namely--
       (1) a body to investigate the history of the conflict,
     inquire into human rights violations committed during the
     conflict by all sides, promote truth-telling in communities,
     and encourage the preservation of the memory of events and
     victims of the conflict through memorials, archives,
     commemorations, and other forms of preservation;
       (2) a special division of the High Court of Uganda to try
     individuals alleged to have committed serious crimes during
     the conflict, and a special unit to carry out investigations
     and prosecutions in support of trials;
       (3) a system for making reparations to victims of the
     conflict; and
       (4) a review and strategy for supporting transitional
     justice mechanisms in affected areas to promote
     reconciliation and encourage individuals to take personal
     responsibility for their conduct during the war.

     SEC. 8. REPORT.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the
     submission of the strategy required under section 4, the
     Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the progress
     made toward the implementation of the strategy required under
     section 4 and a description and evaluation of the assistance
     provided under this Act toward the policy objectives
     described in section 3.
       (b) Contents.--The report required under section (a) shall
     include--
       (1) a description and evaluation of actions taken toward
     the implementation of the strategy required under section 4;
       (2) a description of assistance provided under sections 5,
     6, and 7;
       (3) an evaluation of bilateral assistance provided to the
     Republic of Uganda and associated programs in light of stated
     policy objectives;
       (4) a description of the status of the Peace Recovery and
     Development Plan for Northern Uganda and the progress of the
     Government of Uganda in fulfilling the steps outlined in
     section 6(b); and
       (5) a description of amounts of assistance committed, and
     amounts provided, to northern Uganda during the reporting
     period by the Government of Uganda and each donor country.
       (c) Form.--The report under this section shall be submitted
     in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

     SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUNDING.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) of the total amounts to be appropriated for fiscal year
     2011 for the Department of State and foreign operations, up
     to $10,000,000 should be used to carry out activities under
     section 5; and
       (2) of the total amounts to be appropriated for fiscal year
     2011 through 2013 for the Department of State and foreign
     operations, up to $10,000,000 in each such fiscal year should
     be used to carry out activities under section 7.

     SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on
     Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
     Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Great lakes region.--The term ``Great Lakes Region''
     means the region comprising Burundi, Democratic Republic of
     Congo, Rwanda, southern Sudan, and Uganda.
       (3) LRA-affected areas.--The term ``LRA-affected areas''
     means those portions of northern Uganda, southern Sudan,
     northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and southeastern
     Central African Republic determined by the Secretary of State
     to be affected by the Lord's Resistance Army as of the date
     of the enactment of this Act.

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