I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2870 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the 
following bill; which was 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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to author-
ize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and 
foreign programs and centers for the treatment of vic-
tims of torture, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOMES-
TIC 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 fis-
cal years 2016 and 2017, there are authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(a) 
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 and 
2017.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOR-
EIGN 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 2016 and 2017 pursuant to chapter 1 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President to 
carry out section 130 of such Act $12,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2016 and 2017.’’. 
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SEC. 4. SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OF-
FICERS. 
Section 7 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘through the Foreign 
Service Institute’’ after ‘‘foreign service officers’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate an annual report on the implementation of sub-
section (a) for the preceding year, including a description 
of training on victims of torture for foreign service officers 
and the number of foreign service officers trained.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORT ON VICTIMS OF TORTURE WHO ENTER THE 
UNITED STATES. 
The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an an-
nual report on the percentage and number of identified 
victims of torture who are approved to enter the United 
States as refugees and their initial placement in the 
United States. 
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SEC. 6. GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS FOR-
EIGN TREATMENT CENTERS AND PROGRAMS 
FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall provide 
guidance and support for indigenous foreign treatment 
centers and programs for victims of torture in order to 
increase the capacity of such centers and programs and 
to train other local health care providers, including hos-
pitals, clinics and other health treatment facilities. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
2016 and 2017 to carry out section 130 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Administrator such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out subsection (a) for each of the fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017. 
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