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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. 

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 

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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


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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. 


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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 Con5 finement Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION. 

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

8 (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(4) JAPANESE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—The 

11 term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a 

12 501c(3) organization within the United States estab13 lished to promote the understanding and appreciation 

14 of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the United 

15 States by illustrating the Japanese American experi16 ence throughout the history of the United States. 

17 ‘‘(5) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU18 CATION GRANTS.—The term ‘Japanese American Con19 finement Education Grants’ means grants, through 

20 the Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, 

21 for a Japanese American organization to educate in22 dividuals, including through the use of digital re23 sources, in the United States on the historical impor24 tance of American confinement during World War II 

25 so that present and future generations may learn 


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1 from Japanese American confinement and the com2 mitment of the United States to equal justice under 

3 the law.’’. 

4 (2) in section 4— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be6 fore ‘‘There are authorized’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘$38,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$80,000,000’’; and 

9 (C) at the end of the section, inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(b) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION

12 GRANTS.—Of the amounts made available under this sec13 tion, not more than $10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japa14 nese American Confinement Education Grants to Japanese 

15 American organizations. Such grants shall be in an amount 

16 not less than $750,000 and the Secretary shall give priority 

17 consideration to Japanese Americans Organizations with 

18 fewer than 100 employees.’’. 


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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 

other purposes. tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for raise awareness about the importance of cultural cratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to means to understand the importance of demoJapanese American confinement education as a 

MARCH 15, 2022 

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


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