[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 465 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 465

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the recent 
 intervention against the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa by 
  United States Armed Forces does not serve the national interest and 
 that the President of the United States should request authorization 
                    before sending troops overseas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2011

 Mr. Pearce submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the recent 
 intervention against the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa by 
  United States Armed Forces does not serve the national interest and 
 that the President of the United States should request authorization 
                    before sending troops overseas.

Whereas the Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, has brutalized and 
        tortured thousands of civilians in Central Africa for more than 20 
        years;
Whereas the United States has supported military efforts by local militaries to 
        topple the Lord's Resistance Army, and capture Joseph Kony;
Whereas, on May 24, 2010, the President of the United States signed the Lord's 
        Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009;
Whereas, on October 12, 2011, the President of the United States authorized the 
        deployment of 100 combat forces to Uganda, Central African Republic, 
        South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
Whereas, on October 14, 2011, the President of the United States informed the 
        Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of 
        the United States Senate of the deployment of said combat force; and
Whereas the President has yet to define a clear, achievable goal: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the President should request authorization before 
        sending the United States Armed Forces into battle;
            (2) the Administration should set clear, definable 
        objectives for the United States Armed Forces to achieve before 
        sending them into battle;
            (3) during a time of record deficits and involvement in two 
        other wars, it is myopic to intervene in a country that poses 
        no threat to the United States;
            (4) the Administration failed to indicate any direct 
        national security interest in deploying United States Armed 
        Forces into Central Africa; and
            (5) the destruction of the Lord's Resistance Army is the 
        desire of the United States.
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