IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1357 
Recognizing the significance of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 
Civil Liberties Act of 1988 by President Ronald Reagan and the great-
ness of America in her ability to admit and remedy past mistakes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2008 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. HONDA, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Ms. SUTTON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. WU, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
BACA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. FRANK of Mas-
sachusetts, and Ms. HIRONO) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the significance of the 20th anniversary of the 
signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 by President 
Ronald Reagan and the greatness of America in her 
ability to admit and remedy past mistakes. 
Whereas President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Execu-
tive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized 
the forced exclusion of 120,000 Japanese Americans and 
legal resident aliens from the west coast of the United 
States and the internment of United States citizens and 
legal permanent residents of Japanese ancestry in con-
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finement sites during World War II without the benefit 
of due process; 
Whereas no person of Japanese ancestry, who was confined 
during World War II under the authority of Executive 
Order 9066, was convicted of espionage, treason, or sabo-
tage against the United States; 
Whereas Japanese American men proved their loyalty to the 
United States with battlefield valor serving in the 442d 
Regimental Combat Team, the 100th Infantry Battalion, 
Army Air Corps, and the Military Intelligence Service, 
and Japanese American women served with distinction in 
the Women’s Army Corps and Army Nurse Corps; 
Whereas President Gerald Ford formally rescinded Executive 
Order 9066 on February 19, 1976, in his speech, ‘‘An 
American Promise’’; 
Whereas Congress adopted legislation which was signed by 
President Jimmy Carter on July 31, 1980, establishing 
the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment 
of Civilians to investigate the claim that the incarceration 
of Japanese Americans and legal resident aliens during 
World War II was justified by military necessity; 
Whereas the Commission held 20 days of hearings and heard 
from over 750 witnesses on this matter and published its 
findings in a report entitled ‘‘Personal Justice Denied’’; 
Whereas the Commission reports conclusions were that the 
promulgation of Executive Order 9066 was not justified 
by military necessity and that the decision to issue the 
order was shaped by ‘‘race prejudice, war hysteria, and 
a failure of political leadership’’; 
Whereas Congress enacted, with bipartisan support, the Civil 
Liberties Act of 1988, in which it acknowledged the ‘‘fun-
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