[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5932-S5933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6416. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel

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strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION GRANTS.

       Public Law 109-441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended--
       (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Japanese american confinement education grants.--The 
     term `Japanese American Confinement Education Grants' means 
     competitive grants, awarded through the Japanese American 
     Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American 
     organizations to educate individuals, including through the 
     use of digital resources, 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.
       ``(5) Japanese american organization.--The term `Japanese 
     American organization' means a private nonprofit 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.''; and
       (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) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Japanese American Confinement Education Grants.--
       ``(1) In general.--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 competitive grants shall be in 
     an amount not less than $750,000 and the Secretary shall give 
     priority consideration to Japanese American organizations 
     with fewer than 100 employees.
       ``(2) Matching requirement.--
       ``(A) Fifty percent.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
     (B), for funds awarded under this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall require a 50 percent match with non-Federal assets from 
     non-Federal sources, which may include cash or durable goods 
     and materials fairly valued, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(B) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
     matching requirement under subparagraph (A), if the Secretary 
     determines that--
       ``(i) no reasonable means are available through which an 
     applicant can meet the matching requirement; and
       ``(ii) the probable benefit of the project funded outweighs 
     the public interest in such matching requirement.''.
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