[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2096 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2096

     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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2005

 Mr. Coleman (for himself, Mr. Dayton, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Boxer) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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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 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the President to carry out section 130 of such 
        Act (22 U.S.C. 2152) $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 (22 U.S.C. 2221 et seq.), 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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