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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1670 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2015 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. FRANKEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Torture Victims Relief 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOMES2 TIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF 

3 TORTURE. 

4 Section 5(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 

5 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 

7 the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 

8 Department of Health and Human Services for fis9 cal years 2016 and 2017, there are authorized to be 

10 appropriated to carry out subsection (a) 

11 $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 and 

12 2017.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOR14 EIGN TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF 

15 TORTURE. 

16 Section 4(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 

17 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 

19 the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

20 years 2016 and 2017 pursuant to chapter 1 of part 

21 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are 

22 authorized to be appropriated to the President to 

23 carry out section 130 of such Act $12,000,000 for 

24 each of the fiscal years 2016 and 2017.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OF2 FICERS. 

3 Section 7 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

6 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘through the Foreign 

7 Service Institute’’ after ‘‘foreign service officers’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit 

12 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

13 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep14 resentatives an annual report on the implementation of 

15 subsection (a) for the preceding year, including a descrip16 tion of training on victims of torture for foreign service 

17 officers and the number of foreign service officers 

18 trained.’’. 

19 SEC. 5. REPORT ON VICTIMS OF TORTURE WHO ENTER THE 

20 UNITED STATES. 

21 The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee 

22 on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

23 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives an an24 nual report on the percentage and number of identified 

25 victims of torture who are approved to enter the United 


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1 States as refugees and their initial placement in the 

2 United States. 

3 SEC. 6. GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS FOR4 EIGN TREATMENT CENTERS AND PROGRAMS 

5 FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 

7 States Agency for International Development shall provide 

8 guidance and support for indigenous foreign treatment 

9 centers and programs for victims of torture in order to 

10 increase the capacity of such centers and programs and 

11 to train other local health care providers, including hos12 pitals, clinics and other health treatment facilities. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

14 amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

15 2016 and 2017 to carry out section 130 of the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appro17 priated to the Administrator such sums as may be nec18 essary to carry out subsection (a) for each of the fiscal 

19 years 2016 and 2017. 

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