HOUSE 1095115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 2/17/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-15Referred 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.
- 2017-02-15Referred 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.
- 2017-02-15Referred 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.
- 2017-02-15Introduced in House
- 2017-02-15Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-15 (00)
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2018-FY2019 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.
The U.S. Agency for International Development is required to support indigenous foreign treatment centers and programs for torture victims in order to increase their capacities to train other local health care providers.
Cosponsors (8)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Daniel Donovan (R-NY)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of State
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- 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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