3.0.0 1670 2023-01-11T13:30:38Z 2023-01-11T13:30:38Z Senate S 2015-06-24 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-24T22:48:51Z Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015 114 2870 HR 2015-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-06-24 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2015-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-06-24 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-07-09 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Crime victims Department of Health and Human Services Department of State Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Legal fees and court costs Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Refugees, asylum, displaced persons War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2015-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-07T14:31:14Z Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015

Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2016-FY2017 appropriations to:

  • the Department of Health and Human Services for grants to domestic treatment centers for the costs of services in the rehabilitation of victims of torture (including treatment of both physical and psychological effects), social and legal services, and research and training of health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs; and
  • the President for grants to foreign treatment centers and programs for activities designed to treat victims for the physical and psychological effects of torture.

Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development to support indigenous foreign treatment centers and programs for torture victims in order to increase their capacities to train other local health care providers.

]]> Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015 Display Title Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1670is/xml/BILLS-114s1670is.xml 2015-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.