Wartime Treatment Study Act

Bill: 108-s-1691
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aggression
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Compensation (Law)
Concentration camps
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deportation
Detention of persons
Directories
Europe
European American ethnic groups
Executive orders
Expropriation
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign agents
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
History
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Jews
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Latin Americans
Law
Legislation
Military personnel
Political persecution
President and foreign policy
Public meetings
Recruiting and enlistment
Refugees
Repatriation
Right of property
Right to travel
War
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Wartime Treatment Study Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans, the subjects of whose review of U.S. Government wartime treatment (from September 1, 1939, through December 31, 1948) of European Americans and European Latin Americans shall include: (1) civil liberties violations resulting from enforcement of the Alien Enemies Acts, Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, 2662, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, and directives pursuant to such provisions concerning registration, arrest, exclusion, internment, exchange, or deportation; (2) action concerning European Americans pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and Executive Order 9066 in the nature of registration requirements, restrictions, internment, and detention; (3) participation by European Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) appropriate remedies, including future protection of civil liberties during wartime.
 
 Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees to review the U.S. Government's refusal to allow entry into the United States of Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Europe. Directs the Commission to include reviews of: (1) the rationale for such decision, its perceived benefit, and its impacts; and (2) Federal refugee policy concerning those fleeing persecution or genocide.

action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Wartime Treatment Study Act - 
Title I: Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans
 - (Sec. 101) Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans, the subjects of whose review of U.S. Government wartime treatment (from September 1, 1939, through December 31, 1948) of European Americans and European Latin Americans shall include: (1) civil liberties violations resulting from enforcement of the Alien Enemies Acts, Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, 2662, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, and directives pursuant to such provisions concerning registration, arrest, exclusion, internment, exchange, or deportation; (2) action concerning European Americans pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and Executive Order 9066 in the nature of registration requirements, restrictions, internment, and detention; (3) participation by European Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) appropriate remedies, including future protection of civil liberties during wartime. Authorizes appropriations.
 

Title II: Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees
 - (Sec. 201) Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees to review the U.S. Government's refusal to allow entry into the United States of Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Europe. Directs the Commission to include reviews of: (1) the rationale for such decision, its perceived benefit, and its impacts; and (2) Federal refugee policy concerning those fleeing persecution or genocide. Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S308-309)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12279-12281)
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12278-12279)
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate