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Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2014

Introduced: June 26, 2014 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 26, 2014
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Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2015-FY2016 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.

Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress annually regarding: (1) Foreign Service officer training about torture victims, and (2) the percentage and number of torture victims who are approved for refugee entry into the United States.

Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide support for indigenous foreign treatment centers and programs for torture victims in order to increase such centers' capacities to train other local health care providers.

What's happening now June 26, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 8, 2014
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2014
WOLF, FRANK
· Jun 26, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4987: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4987/
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"H.R. 4987: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4987/.
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