[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22196]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement


Award of an Urgent Single-Source Grant to Survivors of Torture 
International (SOTI) in San Diego, CA; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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    CFDA Number: 93.604.
SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS published a 
document in the Federal Register of August 16, 2011 (76 FR 50744), 
concerning the issuance of an urgent single-source grant to Survivors 
of Torture, International (SOTI), San Diego, CA. The document contained 
incorrect information in citing the statutory authority for making this 
award.
    Correction: In the Federal Register of August 16, 2011 (76 FR 
50744), ORR omitted the primary authority for issuing this award. The 
notice should have included the following: Awards announced in this 
notice are authorized by the Torture Victims Relief Act (TVRA) of 
1998,'' Public Law 105-320 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note), reauthorized by 
Public Law 109-165 in January 2006. Section 5 (a) of the TVRA of 1998 
provides for ``Assistance for Treatment of Torture Victims. -- The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may provide grants to programs 
in the United States to cover the cost of the following services: (1) 
Services for the rehabilitation of victims of torture, including 
treatment of the physical and psychological effects of torture. (2) 
Social and legal services for victims of torture. (3) Research and 
training for health care providers outside of treatment centers, or 
programs for the purpose of enabling such providers to provide the 
services described in paragraph (1).'' And by Section 412 (c)(1)(A) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A), as 
amended, and the Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986, Public Law 
99-605, Nov 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3449.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Munia, Director, Division of 
Community Resettlement, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 901 D Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20047. Telephone: 202-401-4559. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 24, 2011.
Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2011-22196 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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