Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for FY2006-FY2007 to: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to programs in the United States to cover the costs of services provided by domestic treatment centers in the rehabilitation of victims of torture (including treatment of the physical and psychological effects of torture), social and legal services, and research and training of health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs to enable them to provide such services; (2) the President for grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign countries that carry out projects and activities specifically designed to treat victims of torture for the physical and psychological effects of torture; and (3) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
[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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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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