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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4576 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2022 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, 

Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. 

MURRAY, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Norman Y. Mineta 

3 Japanese American Confinement Education Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION 

5 GRANTS. 

6 Public Law 109–441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(4) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU10 CATION GRANTS.—The term ‘Japanese American 

11 Confinement Education Grants’ means competitive 

12 grants, awarded through the Japanese American 

13 Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American 

14 organizations to educate individuals, including 

15 through the use of digital resources, in the United 

16 States on the historical importance of Japanese 

17 American confinement during World War II, so that 

18 present and future generations may learn from Jap19 anese American confinement and the commitment of 

20 the United States to equal justice under the law. 

21 ‘‘(5) JAPANESE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.— 

22 The term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a 

23 private nonprofit organization within the United 

24 States established to promote the understanding and 

25 appreciation of the ethnic and cultural diversity of 

26 the United States by illustrating the Japanese 


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1 American experience throughout the history of the 

2 United States.’’; and 

3 (2) in section 4— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be5 fore ‘‘There are authorized’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘$38,000,000’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘$80,000,000’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(b) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU10 CATION GRANTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 

12 available under this section, not more than 

13 $10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japanese American 

14 Confinement Education Grants to Japanese Amer15 ican organizations. Such competitive grants shall be 

16 in an amount not less than $750,000 and the Sec17 retary shall give priority consideration to Japanese 

18 American organizations with fewer than 100 employ19 ees. 

20 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) FIFTY PERCENT.—Except as pro22 vided in subparagraph (B), for funds awarded 

23 under this subsection, the Secretary shall re24 quire a 50 percent match with non-Federal as25 sets from non-Federal sources, which may inVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 Jul 23, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4576.IS S4576

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1 clude cash or durable goods and materials fairly 

2 valued, as determined by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 

4 all or part of the matching requirement under 

5 subparagraph (A), if the Secretary determines 

6 that— 

7 ‘‘(i) no reasonable means are available 

8 through which an applicant can meet the 

9 matching requirement; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the probable benefit of the 

11 project funded outweighs the public inter12 est in such matching requirement.’’. 

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