[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7974-S7975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4465. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Hickenlooper, 
Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Wyden) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Japanese american museum.--The term ``Japanese American 
     museum'' means a museum located in 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.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Competitive Grants for Japanese American Confinement 
     Education.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program to 
     award competitive grants to a Japanese American museum to 
     educate individuals in the United States on the historical 
     importance of Japanese 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) Use of funds.--A grant awarded under paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall be used--
       (i) for the research and education relating to the Japanese 
     American confinement in World War II; and
       (ii) for the disbursement of accurate, relevant, and 
     accessible resources to promote understanding about how and 
     why the Japanese American confinement in World War II 
     happened, which--

       (I) shall include digital resources; and
       (II) may include other types of resources, including print 
     resources and exhibitions; and

       (B) shall not be used at a Japanese American museum that 
     does not provide--
       (i) free admission to individuals who were placed within a 
     Japanese American confinement camp; and
       (ii) dedicated free admission hours for the general public 
     not less than once per month.
       (3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     this subsection, a Japanese American museum shall submit to 
     the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 
     and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
       (4) Deadline for award.--Not later than 120 days after the 
     date on which the Secretary receives an application from a 
     Japanese American museum for a grant that is approved by the 
     Secretary under this subsection, the Secretary shall award a 
     grant to the Japanese American museum.
       (5) Priority considerations.--In awarding a grant under 
     this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority using the 
     following considerations:
       (A) The needs of the Japanese American museum.
       (B) The proximity of the project for which the grant funds 
     will be used to cities with populations that include not less 
     than 100,000 Japanese Americans, as certified by the most 
     recent census.
       (C) The ability and commitment of the Japanese American 
     museum to use grant funds--
       (i) to educate future generations of individuals in the 
     United States; and
       (ii) to locate Japanese American confinement survivors.
       (D) The existing relationship the Japanese American museum 
     has with Japanese American cultural and advocacy 
     organizations.
       (6) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each 
     fiscal year for which a Japanese American museum obligates or 
     expends amounts made available under a grant under this 
     subsection, the Japanese American museum shall submit to the 
     Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     that--
       (A) specifies the amount of grant funds obligated or 
     expended for the preceding fiscal year;

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       (B) specifies any purposes for which the funds were 
     obligated or expended; and
       (C) includes any other information that the Secretary may 
     require to more effectively administer the grant program.
       (7) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this 
     subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2026.
       (c) Preservation of Historic Confinement Sites.--
       (1) Sunset.--Section 1 of Public Law 109-441 (120 Stat. 
     3288) is amended by striking subsection (e).
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 4 of Public 
     Law 109-441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended, in the first 
     sentence--
       (A) by striking ``are authorized'' and inserting ``is 
     authorized''; and
       (B) by inserting ``for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal 
     year thereafter'' after ``this Act''.
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