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        H.R.2017

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
      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.

    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 2005''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States--
        (1) to ensure that, in its support abroad for programs and 
    centers for the treatment of victims of torture, particular 
    incentives and support should be given to establishing and 
    supporting such programs and centers in emerging democracies, in 
    post-conflict environments, and, with a view to providing services 
    to refugees and internally displaced persons, in areas as close to 
    ongoing conflict as safely as possible; and
        (2) to ensure that, in its support for domestic programs and 
    centers for the treatment of victims of torture, particular 
    attention should be given to regions with significant immigrant or 
    refugee populations.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS 
              FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

    Section 5(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts 
    authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health and 
    Human Services for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, there are authorized 
    to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $25,000,000 for each 
    of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOREIGN TREATMENT CENTERS 
              FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

    Section 4(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts 
    authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 
    pursuant to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
    1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President to 
    carry out section 130 of such Act $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 
    and $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES 
              CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR 
              VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

     Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2006 
and 2007 pursuant to chapter 3 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President for a 
voluntary contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims 
of Torture $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $8,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2007.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.