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Main Subject: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

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.

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Jul. 20 2022	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Jul. 20 2022	Introduced in Senate

Senate bill S4576-117

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 t

Senate bill S4576-117

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 t

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