H.R. 4309 · 105th Congress · enacted
Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998
Became Public Law No: 105-320.
Latest official action 1998-10-30 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance in the form of grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign countries that are carrying out projects or activities specifically designed to treat victims of torture for the physical and psychological effects of such torture. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to U.S. programs to cover the costs of services for: (1) the rehabilitation of victims of torture, including treatment of the physical and psychological effects of torture; (2) social and legal services for victims of torture; and (3) research and training for health care providers outside of treatment centers. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) request the Fund to find new ways to support and protect treatment centers and programs (including the development of new centers and programs) that are carrying out rehabilitative services for victims of torture; (2) use the U.S. vote to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Committee Against Torture established under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; an…
Congressional Research Service · 1998-07-22
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Christopher H. Smith
House · NJ District 4 · Republican
$227,250PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Eleanor Holmes Norton
House · DC · Democratic
$12,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Brad Sherman
House · CA District 32 · Democratic
$783,494PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
James P. McGovern
House · MA District 2 · Democratic
$248,525PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Edward J. Markey
Senate · MA · Democratic
$588,450PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Bernard Sanders
Senate · VT · Independent
-$5,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
30 of 30 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$32,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $2,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$30,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$26,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $10,000
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $1,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$25,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$25,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $5,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $7,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $2,500
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$25,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $5,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$22,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $2,500
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordLABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$21,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $1,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$20,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$20,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$20,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$19,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $9,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)$18,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $5,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $6,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $7,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$18,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $8,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $6,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $3,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $2,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $6,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,488
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$15,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$15,000
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)$15,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $5,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $5,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC)$14,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $4,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$13,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $6,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $2,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $2,500
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION$13,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $4,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $4,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)$12,500
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $2,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $7,500
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordSEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$12,500
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $2,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $5,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordTRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$11,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $2,500
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $1,500
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordAMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$11,000
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $2,500
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $1,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10,500
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC$10,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $3,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $2,500
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $4,500
Official PAC recordNIXON PEABODY LLP PAC$10,500
A NEW DIRECTION PAC$10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PAC$10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND$10,000
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT TRS, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMH PAC)$10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION TITLE INDUSTRY PAC (TIPAC)$10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC$10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBLUE WAVE PROJECT$10,000
Edward J. Markey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCOMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE COUNCIL PAC$10,000
Brad Sherman · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
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