[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2017 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2017

     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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2005

Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Cardin, 
Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Berman, Mr. Pitts, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Ramstad, 
  Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Shays, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. 
 McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Levin, Mr. Engel, 
Mr. Terry, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Olver, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Frank of 
    Massachusetts, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. 
 Maloney, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
 Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mrs. Davis of 
  California, Mr. Allen, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
Brown of Ohio, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Filner, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Snyder, Mr. 
    McGovern, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Lee, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
Grijalva, and Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 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.

    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.
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