117 HR 1931 RH: Japanese American Confinement Education Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2022-03-15
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Union Calendar No. 199
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1931
[Report No. 117–271]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 16, 2021
Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Young, Ms. Chu, Mr. Buck, Ms. Meng, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Norton, Mr. Kahele, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Porter, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Omar, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Bera, and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
March 15, 2022
Additional sponsors: Mr. Cohen, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Welch, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Huffman, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Jones, Mr. Correa, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Stewart, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sablan, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Cheney, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Katko, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Costa, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. McCollum, and Ms. Bass
March 15, 2022
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 16, 2021
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.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Japanese American Confinement Education Act”.
2.

Japanese American confinement education
Public Law 109–441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended—
(1)
in section 2, by adding at the end the following:
“(4)

Japanese American organization
The term “Japanese American organization” means a 501c(3) organization within the United States established to promote the understanding and appreciation of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the United States by illustrating the Japanese American experience throughout the history of the United States.
(5)

Japanese American confinement education grants
The term “Japanese American Confinement Education Grants” means grants, through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, for a Japanese American organization to educate individuals, including through the use of digital resources, in the United States on the historical importance of American confinement during World War II so that present and future generations may learn from Japanese American confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice under the law.”.
(2)
in section 4—
(A)
by inserting “(a) In general.—” before “There are authorized”;
(B)
by striking “$38,000,000” and inserting “$80,000,000”; and
(C)
at the end of the section, inserting the following:
“(b)

Japanese American Confinement Education Grants
Of the amounts made available under this section, not more than $10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japanese American Confinement Education Grants to Japanese American organizations. Such grants shall be in an amount not less than $750,000 and the Secretary shall give priority consideration to Japanese Americans Organizations with fewer than 100 employees.”.
March 15, 2022
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed