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Union Calendar No. 199 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1931 
[Report No. 117–271] 
To provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese American con-
finement education as a means to understand the importance of demo-
cratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about 
the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2021 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. CHU, Mr. BUCK, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. KHANNA, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. HARDER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GARAMENDI, 
Mr. KILMER, Mr. BERA, and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 15, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. COHEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. LIEU, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. WELCH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. KIM of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. JONES, Mr. CORREA, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. STEWART, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KIM of New 
Jersey, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. CHENEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. LEVIN of Cali-
fornia, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. COSTA, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, and Ms. BASS 
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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 March 16, 2021] 
A BILL 
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 Con-
finement Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION. 
Public Law 109–441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended— 
(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) JAPANESE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a 
501c(3) organization within the United States estab-
lished to promote the understanding and appreciation 
of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the United 
States by illustrating the Japanese American experi-
ence throughout the history of the United States. 
‘‘(5) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU-
CATION GRANTS.—The term ‘Japanese American Con-
finement Education Grants’ means grants, through 
the Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, 
for a Japanese American organization to educate in-
dividuals, including through the use of digital re-
sources, in the United States on the historical impor-
tance of American confinement during World War II 
so that present and future generations may learn 
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from Japanese American confinement and the com-
mitment of the United States to equal justice under 
the law.’’. 
(2) in section 4— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘There are authorized’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘$38,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$80,000,000’’; and 
(C) at the end of the section, inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION 
GRANTS.—Of the amounts made available under this sec-
tion, not more than $10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japa-
nese American Confinement Education Grants to Japanese 
American organizations. Such grants shall be in an amount 
not less than $750,000 and the Secretary shall give priority 
consideration to Japanese Americans Organizations with 
fewer than 100 employees.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 199 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1931 
[Report No. 117–271] 
A BILL 
To provide competitive grants for the promotion of 
Japanese American confinement education as a 
means to understand the importance of demo-
cratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to 
raise awareness about the importance of cultural 
tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for 
other purposes. 
MARCH 15, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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