Congress 114 - HR 2870 - Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015

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Congressional oversight Crime victims Department of Health and Human Services Department of State Executive agency funding and structure Executive Office of the President Foreign aid and international relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Health programs administration and funding International Affairs Legal fees and court costs Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Refugees, asylum, displaced persons War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

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Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2015

Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2016-FY2017 appropriations to:

the Department of Health and Human Services for grants to domestic treatment centers for the costs of services in the rehabilitation of victims of torture (including treatment of both physical and psychological effects), social and legal services, and research and training of health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs; and
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 U.S. Agency for International Development to support indigenous foreign treatment centers and programs for torture victims in order to increase their capacities to train other local health care providers.

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Jun 26, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 24, 2015

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 24, 2015

Introduced in House

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