[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1405 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1405

     To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize 
appropriations to provide assistance for domestic centers and programs 
                for the treatment of victims of torture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

  Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Lantos) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize 
appropriations to provide assistance for domestic centers and programs 
                for the treatment of victims of torture.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Torture Victims Relief 
Reauthorization Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS 
              FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 5(b)(1) of the 
Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(b) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts 
        authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health and 
        Human Services for fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) 
        (relating to assistance for domestic centers and programs for 
        the treatment of victims of torture) $20,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2002, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $30,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2004.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect October 1, 2001.
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