CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

Bills and resolutions

Africa: condemn Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for crimes against humanity and mass atrocities and support efforts to end threat and remove the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield (see S. Res. 237), S6187 [30JY] (see H. Res. 394), H5769 [29JY]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (see S. 1300), S2794 [12MY]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Democratic Republic of the Congo: President Obama, S7411 [21OC], H7080 [21OC]

Remarks in House

Africa: address political instability, conflict, humanitarian crises, and lack of development relative to Great Lakes region, E1525 [23OC]

——— condemn Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for crimes against humanity and mass atrocities and support efforts to end threat and remove the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield, E1458 [9OC]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (S. 1300), H6815–H6817 [6OC]

University of Texas at Arlington: tribute to Justice for Congo Victims and Congo Reforms Peace Convention, E1182 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents, S2798 [12MY]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (S. 1300), S2798 [12MY], S5057 [14JY], S7173 [7OC]

Foreign aid: provide assistance to coffee farmers, S8371, S8372 [3DE]

Reports filed

Adoptive Family Relief Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1300), S4952 [9JY]

Texts of

S. 1300, Adoptive Family Relief Act, S5057 [14JY], H6815 [6OC]

S. Res. 237, condemn Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for crimes against humanity and mass atrocities in Africa and support efforts to end threat and remove the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield, S6192 [30JY]