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S.1058: Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 104th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced July 21, 1995
- Latest Major Action July 21, 1995
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
10 (7 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act - Prohibits the U.S. Government from expelling, extraditing, or involuntarily returning an individual to a country if there is substantial evidence that the individual would fear subjection to torture. Allows any alien presenting a credible claim of having been tortured in the alien's country of nationality (or, in the case of an alien having no nationality, that country in which the alien last...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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| July 21, 1995 |
Introduced in the Senate by Paul D. Wellstone (D-Minn.) |