[106th Congress Public Law 87]
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Public Law 106-87
106th Congress
An Act
To reauthorize a comprehensive program of support for victims of
torture. <<NOTE: Nov. 3, 1999 - [H.R. 2367]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in <<NOTE: Torture Victims Relief
Reauthorization Act of 1999.>> Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT <<NOTE: 22 USC 2151 note.>> TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Torture Victims Relief
Reauthorization Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 pursuant to
chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the President $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 2003 to carry out section 130 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
(b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to this
section shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated for the Department of Health and Human Services for
fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out subsection (a) of section 5 of the Torture
Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152) $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2003.
(b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to this
section shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 4. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 for ``Voluntary Contributions to
International Organizations'' pursuant to chapter 3 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated
for a United States contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund
for Victims of Torture (in this section referred to as the ``Fund'') the
following amounts for the following fiscal years:
(1) Fiscal year 2001.--For fiscal year 2001, $5,000,000.
(2) Fiscal year 2002.--For fiscal year 2002, $5,000,000.
(3) Fiscal year 2003.--For fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000.
(b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
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(c) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the
President, acting through the United States Permanent Representative to
the United Nations, should--
(1) request the Fund--
(A) to find new ways to support and protect
treatment centers and programs that are carrying out
rehabilitative services for victims of torture; and
(B) to encourage the development of new such centers
and programs;
(2) use the voice and vote of the United States to support
the work of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Committee
Against Torture established under the Convention Against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
and
(3) use the voice and vote of the United States to establish
a country rapporteur or similar procedural mechanism to
investigate human rights violations in a country if either the
Special Rapporteur or the Committee Against Torture indicates
that a systematic practice of torture is prevalent in that
country.
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Not later <<NOTE: Deadline.>> than 90 days after the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives on the specialized training
for foreign service officers required by section 7 of the Torture
Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320). The report shall
include detailed information regarding--
(1) efforts by the Department of State to implement the
specialized training requirement;
(2) the curriculum that is being used in the specialized
training;
(3) the number of foreign service officers who have received
the specialized training as of the date of the report; and
(4) the nongovernmental organizations that have been
involved in the development of the specialized training
curriculum or in providing the specialized training, and the
nature and extent of that involvement.
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE SECOND SECTION 129 OF THE
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.
(a) Amendment to Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--The second section
129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by section 4(a) of
the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320),
is <<NOTE: 22 USC 2152.>> redesignated as section 130.
(b) Amendment to Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998.--Section
4(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 <<NOTE: 22 USC 2152
note.>> is amended by striking ``section 129 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a)'' and inserting ``section 130 of
the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961 (as redesignated by section 6(a) of the Torture
Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 1999)''.
Approved November 3, 1999.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2367:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999):
Sept. 21, considered and passed House.
Oct. 21, considered and passed Senate.
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