IIB 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1931 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2022 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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. 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

HR 1931 RFS

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 Confinement Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION 

7 GRANTS. 

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

9 (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(4) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU12 CATION GRANTS.—The term ‘Japanese American 

13 Confinement Education Grants’ means competitive 

14 grants, awarded through the Japanese American 

15 Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American 

16 organizations to educate individuals, including 

17 through the use of digital resources, in the United 

18 States on the historical importance of Japanese 

19 American confinement during World War II, so that 

20 present and future generations may learn from Jap21 anese American confinement and the commitment of 

22 the United States to equal justice under the law. 

23 ‘‘(5) JAPANESE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.— 

24 The term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a 

25 private nonprofit organization within the United 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

HR 1931 RFS

1 States established to promote the understanding and 

2 appreciation of the ethnic and cultural diversity of 

3 the United States by illustrating the Japanese 

4 American experience throughout the history of the 

5 United States.’’; and 

6 (2) in section 4— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be8 fore ‘‘There are authorized’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘$38,000,000’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘$80,000,000’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(b) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU13 CATION GRANTS.— 

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

15 available under this section, not more than 

16 $10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japanese American 

17 Confinement Education Grants to Japanese Amer18 ican organizations. Such competitive grants shall be 

19 in an amount not less than $750,000 and the Sec20 retary shall give priority consideration to Japanese 

21 American organizations with fewer than 100 employ22 ees. 

23 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

24 ‘‘(A) FIFTY PERCENT.—Except as pro25 vided in subparagraph (B), for funds awarded 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
4 

HR 1931 RFS

1 under this subsection, the Secretary shall re2 quire a 50 percent match with non-Federal as3 sets from non-Federal sources, which may in4 clude cash or durable goods and materials fairly 

5 valued, as determined by the Secretary. 

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

7 all or part of the matching requirement under 

8 subparagraph (A), if the Secretary determines 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(i) no reasonable means are available 

11 through which an applicant can meet the 

12 matching requirement; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the probable benefit of the 

14 project funded outweighs the public inter15 est in such matching requirement.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS