Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 1999
PL 106-87 (H.R.2367), enacted 11/03/1999

PUBLIC LAW 106-87—NOV. 3, 1999 
113 STAT. 1301 
Public Law 106-87 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To reauthorize a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture. 
Nov. 3, 1999 
[H.R. 2367] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Torture Victims 
Relief 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
Reauthorization 
Act of 1999 
This Act may be cited as the "Torture Victims Rehef Reauthor- 22 USC 2151 
ization Act of 1999". 
note. 
SEC. 2. FOREIGN TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 
2003 pursuant to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, 
and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to carry out section 130 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this section shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION 
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health and 
Human Services for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, there are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) of section 
5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152) 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, 
and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this section shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 4. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 for 'Voluntary Contributions 
to International Organizations" pursuant to chapter 3 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to 
be appropriated for a United States contribution to the United 
Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (in this section 
referred to as the "Fund") the following amounts for the following 
fiscal years: 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—For fiscal year 2001, $5,000,000. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—For fiscal year 2002, $5,000,000. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2003.—For fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 
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(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that the President, acting through the United States Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations, should— 
(1) request the Fund— 
(A) to find new ways to support and protect treatment 
centers and programs that are carrying out rehabilitative 
services for victims of torture; and 
(B) to encourage the development of new such centers 
and programs; 
(2) use the voice and vote of the United States to support 
the work of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Com-
mittee Against Torture established under the Convention 
Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treat-
ment or Punishment; and 
(3) use the voice and vote of the United States to establish 
a country rapporteur or similar procedural mechanism to inves-
tigate human rights violations in a country if either the Special 
Rapporteur or the Committee Against Torture indicates that 
a systematic practice of torture is prevalent in that country. 
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Deadline. 
Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives on the specialized training 
for foreign service officers required by section 7 of the Torture 
Victims Rehef Act of 1998 (Pubhc Law 105-320). The report shall 
include detailed information regarding— 
(1) efforts by the Department of State to implement the 
specialized training requirement; 
(2) the curriculum that is being used in the specialized 
training; 
(3) the number of foreign service officers who have received 
the specialized training as of the date of the report; and 
(4) the nongovernmental organizations that have been 
involved in the development of the specialized training cur-
riculum or in providing the specialized training, and the nature 
and extent of that involvement. 
SEC. 
6. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE SECOND 
SECTION 129 OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—The 
second section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added 
by section 4(a) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public 
22 use 2152. 
Law 105-320), is redesignated as section 130. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO TORTURE VICTIMS RELIEF ACT OF 1998.— 
22 use 2152 
Section 4(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 is amended 
note. 
by striking "section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as added by subsection (a)" and inserting "section 130 of the Foreign 
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113 STAT. 1303 
Assistance Act of 1961 (as redesignated by section 6(a) of the 
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 1999)". 
Approved November 3, 1999. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2367: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): 
Sept. 21, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 21, considered and passed Senate.