H. R. 1492

One Hundred Ninth Congress

of the

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and six 

An Act 

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese 

Americans were detained during World War II, 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. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONFINEMENT SITES. 

(a) PRESERVATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall create a program within the National Park Service to encourage, support, recognize, and work in partnership with citizens, Federal agencies, State, 

local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational 

institutions, and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose 

of identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, 

restoring, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites in 

order that present and future generations may learn and gain 

inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate 

the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law. 

(b) GRANTS.—

(1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, after consultation with State, 

local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational 

institutions, and private nonprofit organizations (including 

organizations involved in the preservation of historic confinement sites), shall develop criteria for making grants under 

paragraph (2) to assist in carrying out subsection (a). 

(2) PROVISION OF GRANTS.—Not later than 180 days after 

the date on which funds are made available to carry out this 

Act, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, make grants to the entities described in paragraph (1) 

only in accordance with the criteria developed under that paragraph. 

(c) PROPERTY ACQUISITION.—

(1) AUTHORITY.—Federal funds made available under this 

section may be used to acquire non-Federal property for the 

purposes of this section, in accordance with section 3, only 

if that property is within the areas described in paragraph 

(2). 

(2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS.—The property referred to in 

paragraph (2) is the following: 

(A) Jerome, depicted in Figure 7.1 of the Site Document. 

(B) Rohwer, depicted in Figure 11.2 of the Site Document. 

(C) Topaz, depicted in Figure 12.2 of the Site Document. 
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(D) Honouliuli, located on the southern part of the 

Island of Oahu, Hawaii, and within the land area bounded 

by H1 to the south, Route 750 (Kunia Road) to the east, 

the Honouliuli Forest Reserve to the west, and Kunia town 

and Schofield Barracks to the north. 

(3) NO EFFECT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.—The authority 

granted in this subsection shall not constitute a Federal designation or have any effect on private property ownership. 

(d) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 

require a 50 percent non-Federal match for funds provided under 

this section. 

(e) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—This Act shall have no force or 

effect on and after the date that is 2 years after the disbursement 

to grantees under this section of the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated under section 4. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

For purposes of this Act the following definitions apply: 

(1) HISTORIC CONFINEMENT SITES.—(A) The term ‘‘historic 

confinement sites’’ means the 10 internment camp sites referred 

to as Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, 

Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake and depicted 

in Figures 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.4, 9.2, 10.6, 11.2, 12.2, and 

13.2, respectively, of the Site Document; and 

(B) other historically significant locations, as determined 

by the Secretary, where Japanese Americans were detained 

during World War II. 

(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of the Interior. 

(3) SITE DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘Site Document’’ means 

the document titled ‘‘Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview 

of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites’’, published 

by the Western Archeological and Conservation Center, 

National Park Service, in 1999. 

SEC. 3. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 

No Federal funds made available to carry out this Act may 

be used to acquire any real property or any interest in any real 

property without the written consent of the owner or owners of 

that property or interest in property. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

$38,000,000 to carry out this Act. Such sums shall remain available 

until expended.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.