IB Union Calendar No. 199 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1931 [Report No. 117–271] 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. Blumenauer , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. San Nicolas , Mr. Khanna , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Carson , Mr. Harder of California , 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. Jackson Lee , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Malinowski , Mr. Pocan , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Huffman , Ms. DelBene , Mrs. Kim of California , 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 California , Ms. Stansbury , Mr. Costa , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Ms. McCollum , and Ms. Bass March 15, 2022 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 understand the importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Japanese American Confinement Education Act . 2. Japanese American confinement education Public Law 109–441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended— (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following: (4) Japanese American organization The term Japanese American organization means a 501c(3) organization within the United 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. (5) Japanese American confinement education grants The term Japanese American Confinement Education Grants means grants, through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, for a Japanese American organization to educate individuals, including through the use of digital resources, in the United States on the historical importance of American confinement during World War II so that present and future generations may learn from Japanese American confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice under the law. . (2) in section 4— (A) by inserting (a) In general.— before 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 section, not more than $10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japanese 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. .

March 15, 2022 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed