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Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2009

Introduced: December 4, 2009 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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May 13, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
May 13, 2010
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-186.
Apr 13, 2010
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 4, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec 4, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2011-FY2012 appropriations for: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for grants to domestic treatment centers for the costs of services provided 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; and (2) the President for grants to foreign treatment centers and programs for activities designed to treat victims for the physical and psychological effects of torture.

What's happening now May 13, 2010

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1511 Identical bill Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2009
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Dec 4, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2839: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2839/
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"S. 2839: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2839/.
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S. 2839, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2839/.
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