3.0.0 5025 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z Senate S 2020-12-16 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-16T16:55:50Z Japanese American Confinement Education Act 116 8637 HR 2020-10-20 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2020-12-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2020-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Asia Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Detention of persons Due process and equal protection Historic sites and heritage areas Historical and cultural resources Japan Military history Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Racial and ethnic relations Research administration and funding U.S. history User charges and fees Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2020-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-09T21:31:29Z Japanese American Confinement Education Act

This bill establishes a museum program on the historical importance of Japanese American confinement during World War II and permanently reauthorizes the Japanese American Confinement Sites preservation program.

The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a program of grants to a Japanese American museum to educate individuals in the United States on the historical importance of such confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice.

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Japanese American Confinement Education Act Display Title Japanese American Confinement Education Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Japanese American Confinement Education Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese American confinement education as a means to understand the importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s5025is/xml/BILLS-116s5025is.xml 2020-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.