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H.R. 1678: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007

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H.R. 1678: Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-03-26 · International Affairs · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-03-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 260 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1678 (2007-04-25), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007

Plain 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.

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Official text

Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · 30 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007 (2007-04-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007 (2007-04-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007 (2007-09-19); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007 (2007-09-19)

Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] reported raising $797,217 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr1678 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110