[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1492 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1492

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where 
  Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2005

  Mr. Thomas (for himself, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Honda) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where 
  Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONFINEMENT SITES.

    (a) Preservation Program.--The Secretary shall create a program 
within the National Park Service to encourage, support, recognize, and 
work in partnership with citizens, other Federal agencies, State, 
local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational 
institutions, and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of 
identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, 
restoring, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites in order 
that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from 
these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation's 
commitment to equal justice under the law.
    (b) Grants.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Japanese 
American National Heritage Coalition, shall make grants to citizens, 
State, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, 
educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to assist 
in carrying out the actions described in subsection (a).
    (c) Matching Fund Requirement.--The Secretary shall require a 25 
percent non-Federal match for funds provided under this section.
    (d) Sunset of Authority.--This Act shall have no force or effect on 
and after the date that is 2 years after the disbursement to grantees 
under this section of the total amount of funds authorized to be 
appropriated under section 3.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``historic confinement sites'' means--
                    (A) the 10 internment camp sites referred to as 
                Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, 
                Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake and 
                depicted in Figures 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.4, 9.2, 10.6, 
                11.2, 12.2, and 13.2, respectively, in ``Confinement 
                and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese 
                American Relocation Sites'', published by the Western 
                Archeological and Conservation Center, National Park 
                Service, in 1999; and
                    (B) other historically significant locations, as 
                determined by the Secretary, where Japanese Americans 
                were detained during World War II; and
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$38,000,000 to carry out this Act. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended.
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