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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6434 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish, within the National 
Park Service, the Japanese American World War II History Network, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2022 
Mr. OBERNOLTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish, within 
the National Park Service, the Japanese American World 
War II History Network, and for other purposes. 
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 
World War II History Network Act’’. 
SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II HISTORY NET-
WORK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall estab-
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lish, within the National Park Service, a program to be 
known as the ‘‘Japanese American World War II History 
Network’’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Network’’). 
(b) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out the 
Network, the Secretary shall— 
(1) review studies and reports to complement 
and not duplicate studies of Japanese American 
World War II history and Japanese American expe-
riences during World War II, including studies re-
lated to relocation centers and confinement sites, 
that are underway or completed; 
(2) produce and disseminate appropriate edu-
cational materials, such as handbooks, maps, inter-
pretive guides, or electronic information relating to 
Japanese American World War II history and Japa-
nese American experiences during the war, including 
relocation centers and confinement sites; 
(3) enter into appropriate cooperative agree-
ments and memoranda of understanding to provide 
technical assistance under subsection (c); and 
(4)(A) create and adopt an official, uniform 
symbol or device for the Network; and 
(B) issue regulations for the use of the symbol 
or device adopted under subparagraph (A). 
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(c) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass the 
following elements: 
(1) All units and programs of the National 
Park Service that are determined by the Secretary 
to relate to Japanese American World War II his-
tory and Japanese American experiences during the 
war, including relocation centers and confinement 
sites. 
(2) With the consent of the property owner, 
other Federal, State, local, Tribal, and privately 
owned properties that— 
(A) relate to Japanese American World 
War II history and Japanese experiences during 
the war, including relocation centers and con-
finement sites; 
(B) have a verifiable connection to Japa-
nese American World War II history and Japa-
nese experiences during the war, including relo-
cation and confinement sites; and 
(C) are included in, or determined by the 
Secretary to be eligible for inclusion in, the Na-
tional Register of Historic Places. 
(3) Other governmental and nongovernmental 
facilities and programs of an educational, research, 
or interpretive nature that are directly related to 
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Japanese American World War II history and the 
experiences of Japanese Americans during the war, 
including relocation centers and confinement sites. 
SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF 
UNDERSTANDING. 
To achieve the purposes of this Act and to ensure 
effective coordination of the Federal and non-Federal ele-
ments of the Network described in section 2(c) with units 
of the National Park System and programs of the Na-
tional Park Service, including the Japanese American 
Confinement Sites Program, the Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding 
with, and provide technical assistance to the heads of 
other Federal agencies, States, units of local government, 
Tribes, regional governmental bodies, and private entities. 
SEC. 4. SUNSET. 
The authority of the Secretary under this Act shall 
expire 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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