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 under-
stand the importance of democratic principles, use and 
abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the impor-
tance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, 
and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Japanese American 
Confinement Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION 
GRANTS. 
Public Law 109–441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended— 
(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU-
CATION
GRANTS.—The term ‘Japanese American 
Confinement Education Grants’ means competitive 
grants, awarded through the Japanese American 
Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American 
organizations to educate individuals, including 
through the use of digital resources, in the United 
States on the historical importance of Japanese 
American confinement during World War II, so that 
present and future generations may learn from Jap-
anese American confinement and the commitment of 
the United States to equal justice under the law. 
‘‘(5) JAPANESE
AMERICAN
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a 
private nonprofit organization within the United 
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States established to promote the understanding and 
appreciation of the ethnic and cultural diversity of 
the United States by illustrating the Japanese 
American experience throughout the history of the 
United States.’’; and 
(2) in section 4— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘There are authorized’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘$38,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$80,000,000’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) JAPANESE
AMERICAN
CONFINEMENT
EDU-
CATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available under this section, not more than 
$10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japanese American 
Confinement Education Grants to Japanese Amer-
ican organizations. Such competitive grants shall be 
in an amount not less than $750,000 and the Sec-
retary shall give priority consideration to Japanese 
American organizations with fewer than 100 employ-
ees. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) FIFTY
PERCENT.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B), for funds awarded 
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under this subsection, the Secretary shall re-
quire a 50 percent match with non-Federal as-
sets from non-Federal sources, which may in-
clude cash or durable goods and materials fairly 
valued, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 
all or part of the matching requirement under 
subparagraph (A), if the Secretary determines 
that— 
‘‘(i) no reasonable means are available 
through which an applicant can meet the 
matching requirement; and 
‘‘(ii) the probable benefit of the 
project funded outweighs the public inter-
est in such matching requirement.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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