IV 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 465 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2011 Mr. Pearce submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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

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.