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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4987 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and fo... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Report on victims of torture who enter the United States

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The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an annual report on the percentage and number of identified victims of torture who are approved to enter the United States as refugees and their initial placement in the United States.
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