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Union Calendar No. 84 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1492 

[Report No. 109–142] 

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2005 

Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

JUNE 21, 2005 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BACA, Mr. CASE, Ms. JACKSONLEE of Texas, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Mr. MCKEON, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. 

FILNER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. ISSA, 

Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BOOZMAN, 

Mrs. BONO, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. FARR, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

MCCRERY, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SMITH

of Washington, Mr. COOPER, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 

PELOSI, Ms. LEE, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. LANTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. 

SOLIS, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 

PALLONE, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. 

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. SNYDER, 

Mr. MATHESON, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. NUNES, Mr. BURTON of 

Indiana, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. BROWN

of Ohio, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. STARK, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. 
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WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

SERRANO, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CANNON, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of 

California, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ

of California, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

JEFFERSON, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Mr. SANDERS

JUNE 21, 2005 

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 April 6, 2005] 

A BILL 

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement 

sites where Japanese Americans were detained during 

World War II, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONFINEMENT 

4 SITES. 

5 (a) PRESERVATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall 

6 create a program within the National Park Service to en7 courage, support, recognize, and work in partnership with 

8 citizens, Federal agencies, State, local, and tribal govern9 ments, other public entities, educational institutions, and 

10 private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of identi11 fying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, re12 storing, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites 

13 in order that present and future generations may learn and 
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1 gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will 

2 demonstrate the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under 

3 the law. 

4 (b) GRANTS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 

5 Japanese American National Heritage Coalition, shall 

6 make grants to State, local, and tribal governments, other 

7 public entities, educational institutions, and private non8 profit organizations to assist in carrying out subsection (a). 

9 (c) PROPERTY ACQUISITION.— 

10 (1) AUTHORITY.—Federal funds made available 

11 under this section may be used to acquire non-Federal 

12 property for the purposes of this section, in accord13 ance with section 3, only if that property is within 

14 the areas described in paragraph (2). 

15 (2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS.—The property re16 ferred to in paragraph (2) is the following: 

17 (A) Jerome, depicted in Figure 7.1 of the 

18 Site Document. 

19 (B) Rohwer, depicted in Figure 11.2 of the 

20 Site Document. 

21 (C) Topaz, depicted in Figure 12.2 of the 

22 Site Document. 

23 (D) Honouliuli, located on the southern 

24 part of the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, and within 

25 the land area bounded by H1 to the south, Route 
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1 750 (Kunia Road) to the east, the Honouliuli 

2 Forest Reserve to the west, and Kunia town and 

3 Schofield Barracks to the north. 

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

5 authority granted in this subsection shall not con6 stitute a Federal designation or have any effect on 

7 private property ownership. 

8 (d) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

9 shall require a 25 percent non-Federal match for funds pro10 vided under this section. 

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

12 force or effect on and after the date that is 2 years after 

13 the disbursement to grantees under this section of the total 

14 amount of funds authorized to be appropriated under sec15 tion 4. 

16 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

17 For purposes of this Act the following definitions 

18 apply: 

19 (1) HISTORIC CONFINEMENT SITES.—(A) The 

20 term ‘‘historic confinement sites’’ means the 10 in21 ternment camp sites referred to as Gila River, Gra22 nada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, 

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

24 and depicted in Figures 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.4, 9.2, 
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1 10.6, 11.2, 12.2, and 13.2, respectively, of the Site 

2 Document; and 

3 (B) other historically significant locations, as de4 termined by the Secretary, where Japanese Americans 

5 were detained during World War II. 

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

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 (3) SITE DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘Site Docu9 ment’’ means the document titled ‘‘Confinement and 

10 Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese 

11 American Relocation Sites’’, published by the Western 

12 Archeological and Conservation Center, National 

13 Park Service, in 1999. 

14 SEC. 3. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 

15 No Federal funds made available to carry out this Act 

16 may be used to acquire any real property or any interest 

17 in any real property without the written consent of the 

18 owner or owners of that property or interest in property. 

19 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec21 retary $38,000,000 to carry out this Act. Such sums shall 

22 remain available until expended. 
Union Calendar No. 84 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1492 

[Report No. 109–142] 

A BILL 

To provide for the preservation of the historic conpurposes. detained during World War II, and for other finement sites where Japanese Americans were 

JUNE 21, 2005 

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