House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-165

Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005

H.R. 2017Introduced Apr 28, 2005Policy area: International Affairs

Became law on Jan 10, 2006.

Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 28, 2005
Committee actionJun 30, 2005
Passed HouseDec 6, 2005 · by voice vote
Passed SenateDec 22, 2005 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentJan 3, 2006
Became lawJan 10, 2006

Latest action: Jan 10, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-165.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2017.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2017, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005” on July 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2005 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17019
CBO publication date
July 26, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2017, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2017
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2017, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005” on July 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17019
CBO publication date
July 26, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2017, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2017
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a4ced0b39a5f410d9a4b0c950456d9704c2aa8598b57010cd56d14045cb349b
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

64 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 50 Democrats

50 of 64 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jim Davis (D-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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