110th Congress > House > Vote 259

Date: April 25, 2007

Result: 418-7 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 260

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Budget

Sponsor: SMITH, Christopher Henry (R-NJ)

Bill number: HR1678

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 to: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to programs in the United States to cover the costs of services provided by domestic treatment centers in the rehabilitation of victims of torture (including treatment of the physical and psychological effects of torture), social and legal services, and research and training of health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs to enable them to provide such services; (2) the President for grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign countries that carry out projects and activities specifically designed to treat victims of torture for the physical and psychological effects of torture; and (3) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.

Bill titles: 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.

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