[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 409 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 409

 Calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed 
          ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'', and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2010

  Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cardin, and Ms. Collins) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed 
          ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'', and for other purposes.

Whereas a bill introduced on October 14, 2009, by a member of Parliament in 
        Uganda would expand penalties for homosexuality to include the death 
        penalty and requires citizens to report information about homosexuality 
        to the police or face imprisonment;
Whereas many countries criminalize homosexuality, and in some countries, such as 
        Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, the penalty for homosexuality 
        includes the death penalty;
Whereas the United States, in seeking to promote the core American principles of 
        equality and ``Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,'' has long 
        championed the universality of human rights;
Whereas religious leaders in the United States, along with representatives from 
        the Vatican and the Anglican Church, have stated that laws criminalizing 
        homosexuality are unjust; and
Whereas the people and Government of the United States recognize that such laws 
        undermine our commitment to combating HIV/AIDS globally through the 
        President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by stigmatizing and 
        criminalizing vulnerable communities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) calls on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject 
        the ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'' recently proposed in that 
        country;
            (2) urges the governments of all countries to reject and 
        repeal similar criminalization laws; and
            (3) encourages the Secretary of State to closely monitor 
        human rights abuses that occur because of sexual orientation 
        and to encourage the repeal or reform of laws such as the 
        proposed ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'' in Uganda that permit such 
        abuses.
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