3.0.0 4576 2023-03-08T19:57:59Z 2023-03-08T19:57:59Z Senate S 2022-07-20 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-07-20T22:24:00Z Japanese American Confinement Education ActNorman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act 117 1931 HR 2022-11-14 Star Print ordered on the reported bill. Related bill CRS 2022-07-20 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2022-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2022-07-20 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-07-20 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2022-07-20 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2022-07-20 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2022-07-20 True H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2022-07-20 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2022-07-20 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2022-07-20 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2022-07-20 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-08-01 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Immigration Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2022-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-23T15:03:30Z Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act

This bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program, which supports the preservation of U.S. confinement sites that were used to detain Japanese Americans during World War II (i.e., internment camps). It also establishes a program within JACS to provide grants to Japanese American nonprofits to educate individuals about the historical significance of these events.

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Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act Display Title Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Norman Y. Mineta 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 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4576is/xml/BILLS-117s4576is.xml 2022-07-20 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.