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<title>Boko Haram Disarmament and Northeast Nigeria Recovery Act of 2015</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr2027v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-05-11">
<action-date>2015-04-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Boko Haram Disarmament and Northeast Nigeria Recovery Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Directs the President to develop and submit to Congress a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to: (1) eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability from Boko Haram, and (2) enforce the rule of law and ensure full humanitarian access in Boko Haram-affected areas.</p> <p>States that such strategy should include a plan to work with Nigeria and other international partners to liberate Boko Haram's kidnapping victims. </p> <p>Authorizes the President to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the populations in Boko Haram-affected areas. Makes funds available for such assistance pursuant to final judgment of a specified legal case.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should support efforts by the people of Boko Haram-affected areas and the governments of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger to: </p> <ul> <li>assist internally displaced people and returnees; </li> <li>enhance the administrative competency of state and local governance institutions and public agencies in northeast Nigeria; </li> <li>provide all children with a quality basic education while ensuring student and faculty safety; </li> <li>strengthen the operational capacity of the civilian police in Nigeria, and strengthen measures to prevent corruption; and </li> <li>promote programs to address physical harm and psychosocial trauma. </li> </ul> <p>Expresses the sense of Congress that: </p> <ul> <li>the Secretary of State and Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development should work with Congress to increase future assistance to support reconstruction activities if Nigeria demonstrates a commitment to transparent reconstruction in Boko Haram-affected areas of Nigeria, and </li> <li>the Secretary should withhold assistance if Nigeria is not committed to transparent reconstruction and reconciliation in the Boko Haram-affected areas of Nigeria.</li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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