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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1931 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 199
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1931

                          [Report No. 117-271]

 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Young, Ms. Chu, Mr. Buck, Ms. 
 Meng, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
   Norton, Mr. Kahele, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Porter, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
 Suozzi, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
Lowenthal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Castro 
of Texas, Ms. Omar, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Bera, and Mr. Case) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                             March 15, 2022

Additional sponsors: Mr. Cohen, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Johnson of 
  Georgia, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
Pressley, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Welch, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. 
 Roybal-Allard, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Torres of California, 
    Mr. Huffman, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Larsen of 
 Washington, Mr. Jones, Mr. Correa, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Stewart, Ms. 
    Blunt Rochester, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. 
DeSaulnier, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sablan, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Cheney, Ms. DeGette, 
Mr. Katko, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Levin 
 of California, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Costa, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. 
                         McCollum, and Ms. Bass

                             March 15, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               16, 2021]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Japanese American Confinement 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION.

    Public Law 109-441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended--
            (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Japanese american organization.--The term `Japanese 
        American organization' means a 501c(3) 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.
            ``(5) Japanese american confinement education grants.--The 
        term `Japanese American Confinement Education Grants' means 
        grants, through the Japanese American Confinement Sites 
        Program, for a Japanese American organization to educate 
        individuals, including through the use of digital resources, in 
        the United States on the historical importance of 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) 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) at the end of the section, inserting the 
                following:
    ``(b) Japanese American Confinement Education Grants.--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 grants shall be in an amount not 
less than $750,000 and the Secretary shall give priority consideration 
to Japanese Americans Organizations with fewer than 100 employees.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 199

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1931

                          [Report No. 117-271]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 15, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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