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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4555 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the National 

Park Service the Japanese American World War II History Network, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2022 

Mr. BARRASSO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish within 

the National Park Service the Japanese American World 

War II History Network, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Japanese American 

5 World War II History Network Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II HISTORY NET7 WORK. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 

9 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish 


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1 within the National Park Service a program, to be known 

2 as the ‘‘Japanese American World War II History Net3 work’’ (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Network’’). 

4 (b) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out the 

5 Network, the Secretary shall— 

6 (1) review studies and reports to complement, 

7 and not duplicate, studies of Japanese American 

8 World War II history and Japanese American expe9 riences during World War II (including studies re10 lating to relocation centers and confinement sites) 

11 that are in progress or complete; 

12 (2) produce and disseminate appropriate edu13 cational materials, such as handbooks, maps, inter14 pretive guides, or electronic information, relating to 

15 Japanese American World War II history and Japa16 nese American experiences during World War II, in17 cluding with respect to relocation centers and con18 finement sites; 

19 (3) enter into appropriate cooperative agree20 ments and memoranda of understanding to provide 

21 technical assistance under section 3; and 

22 (4)(A) create and adopt an official, uniform 

23 symbol or device for the Network; and 

24 (B) issue regulations for the use of the symbol 

25 or device adopted under subparagraph (A). 


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1 (c) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass the 

2 following elements: 

3 (1) All units of the National Park System and 

4 programs of the National Park Service that are de5 termined by the Secretary to relate to Japanese 

6 American World War II history and Japanese Amer7 ican experiences during the war, including relocation 

8 centers and confinement sites. 

9 (2) With the consent of the property owner, 

10 other Federal, State, local, Tribal, and privately 

11 owned properties that— 

12 (A) relate to Japanese American World 

13 War II history and Japanese American experi14 ences during World War II, including relocation 

15 centers and confinement sites; 

16 (B) have a verifiable connection to Japa17 nese American World War II history and Japa18 nese American experiences during World War 

19 II, including relocation centers and confinement 

20 sites; and 

21 (C) are included in, or determined by the 

22 Secretary to be eligible for inclusion in, the Na23 tional Register of Historic Places. 

24 (3) Other governmental and nongovernmental 

25 facilities and programs of an educational, research, 


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1 or interpretive nature that are directly related to 

2 Japanese American World War II history and Japa3 nese American experiences during the war, including 

4 relocation centers and confinement sites. 

5 SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF 

6 UNDERSTANDING. 

7 To achieve the purposes of this Act and to ensure 

8 effective coordination of the Federal and non-Federal ele9 ments of the Network described in section 2(c) with units 

10 of the National Park System and programs of the Na11 tional Park Service, including the Japanese American 

12 Confinement Sites Program, the Secretary may enter into 

13 cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding 

14 with, and provide technical assistance to, the heads of 

15 other Federal agencies, States, units of local government, 

16 Indian Tribes, regional governmental bodies, and private 

17 entities. 

18 SEC. 4. SUNSET. 

19 The authority of the Secretary under this Act shall 

20 terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of 

21 enactment of this Act. 

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