[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 887

     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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2001

 Mr. Wellstone introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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 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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