[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29715-29716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14638]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

28 CFR Part 74


Redress Provisions for Persons of Japanese Ancestry: Guidelines 
Under Ishida v. United States

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of extension of deadline for public comment.

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SUMMARY: On April 22, 1996, the Department of Justice published in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 17667) a proposed rule to amend the 
Department's regulation governing redress provisions for persons of 
Japanese ancestry. This change will amend the standards of the Civil 
Liberties Act of 1988 to make eligible for payments of $20,000 those 
persons who were born after their parents ``voluntarily'' evacuated 
from the prohibited military zones of the West Coast of the United 
States as a result of military proclamations issued pursuant to 
Executive Order 9066. This change will also make eligible for redress 
those persons who were born outside the prohibited military zones in 
the United States after their parents were released from internment 
camps during the defined war period and whose parents had resided in 
the prohibited military zones on the West Coast immediately prior to 
their internment.
    The period for accepting comments was published as ending on June 
6, 1996. Due to a clerical mistake, however, the period for accepting 
comments should end on June 20, 1996, upon the expiration of the 
standard sixty day comment period. Due to this mistake and requests 
from interested parties to have the full sixty day period in which to 
submit comments, the comment period is extended through June 20, 1996.

DATES: The comment period is extended to June 20, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to the Office of Redress 
Administration, P.O. Box 66260, Washington, D.C. 20035-6260.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tink D. Cooper or Emlei M. Kuboyama, 
Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 66260, Washington, D.C. 20035-6260; 
(202) 219-6900 (voice) or (202) 219-4710 (TDD). These are not toll-free 
numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule published in the Federal 
Register on April 22, 1996, would amend the regulation of the 
Department of Justice governing redress provisions for persons of 
Japanese ancestry. A number of persons have asserted claims for redress 
based on their parents' evacuation or internment by the United States 
Government prior to their birth and their subsequent inability to 
legally return to their parents' original place of residence in the 
prohibited military zones on the West Coast. Based on section 108 of 
the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Public Law No. 100-383 (codified at 50 
U.S.C. app 1989 et seq., as amended) and 28 CFR 74.4, the Civil Rights 
Division found these persons ineligible for redress. Approximately 
1,000 persons who were born after their parents ``voluntarily'' 
evacuated from the prohibited military zones or after their parents 
were released from internment camps claimed compensation under the Act. 
Most of these claimants were born prior to midnight on January 2, 1945, 
the effective date of Proclamation Number 21, which rescinded the 
prohibited military zones on the West Coast and lifted the general 
exclusion restrictions on persons of Japanese ancestry. However, the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that 
the Civil Rights Division's policy of denying such claims was 
inconsistent with the terms of the Act. Ishida v. U.S., No. 94-5151 
(Fed. Cir., July 6, 1995). In order to conform to the court decision, 
the Civil Rights Division proposed this revision to the regulation.

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    To be assured of consideration, comments must be in writing and 
must be received on or before June 20, 1996.
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    Dated: June 4, 1996.
Deval Patrick,
Assistant Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 96-14638 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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