Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act

Bill: 117-s-4576
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-07-20
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act</b></p> <p> This bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program, which supports the preservation of U.S. confinement sites that were used to detain Japanese Americans during World War II (i.e., internment camps). It also establishes a program within JACS to provide grants to Japanese American nonprofits to educate individuals about the historical significance of these events. <p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4576 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2022 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Hickenlooper , Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Murray , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 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 Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act . 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 following: (4) Japanese American confinement education 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 Japanese 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 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.— before There are authorized ; (B) by striking $38,000,000 and inserting $80,000,000 ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (b) Japanese American Confinement Education 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 American organizations. Such competitive grants shall be in an amount not less than $750,000 and the Secretary shall give priority consideration to Japanese American organizations with fewer than 100 employees. (2) Matching requirement (A) Fifty percent Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for funds awarded under this subsection, the Secretary shall require a 50 percent match with non-Federal assets from non-Federal sources, which may include 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 interest in such matching requirement. .