A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Japanese-Americans shall be allowed civil service retirement credit for time spent in World War II internment camps.
PL 95-382 (H.R.9471), enacted 09/22/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-382—SEPT. 22, 1978 
92 STAT. 727 
Public Law 95-382 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Japanese-Americans shall 
be allowed civil service retirement credit for time spent in World War II 
interment camps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) section 
8332 of title 5, United States Code, relating to creditable service for 
civil service retirement purposes, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
" (1) (1) Any employee or Member who— 
" (A) is of Japanese ancestry; and 
"(B) while a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully 
admitted to the United States for permanent residence, was 
interned or otherwise detained at any time during World War 
II in any camp, installation, or other facility in the United States, 
or in any territory or possession of the United States, under any 
policy or program of the United States respecting individuals of 
Japanese ancestry which was established during World War II in 
the interests of national security pursuant to— 
"(i) Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 
1942; 
"(ii) section 67 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide a 
government for the Territory of Hawaii', approved April 30, 
1900 (chapter 339, Fifty-sixth Congress; 31 Stat. 153); 
"(iii) Executive Order Numbered 9489, dated October 18, 
1944; 
"(iv) sections 4067 through 4070 of the Kevised Statutes 
of the United States; or 
" (v) any other statute, rule, regulation, or order; 
shall be allowed credit (as civilian service) for any period during 
which such employee or Member was so interned or otherwise detained 
after such employee became 18 years of age. 
"(2) For the purpose of this subsection, 'World War II' means the 
period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 
1946.". 
(b) Section 8334(g) of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
deposits, is amended—• 
(1) by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (4); 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; or"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(6) any period for which credit is allowed under section 
8332(1) of this title.". 
SEC. 2. (a) The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
later o
f
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(1) the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
(2) October 1,1978. 
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the amendments made 
by the first section of this Act shall apply with respect to annuities 
which commence before, on, or after the effective date of this Act, but 
Sept. 22. 1978 
[H.R. 9471] 
Japanese-
Americans. 
Civil service 
retirement credit. 
3CFR, 
1938-1943 
Comp., p. 1092. 
3CFR, 
1943-1948 
Comp., p. 346. 
50 u s e 21-24. 
'World War II. 
Effective date. 
5 u s e 8332 note. 
92 STAT. 728 
PUBLIC LAW 95-382—SEPT. 22, 1978 
no monetary benefit by reason of such amendments shall accrue for any 
period before such effective date. 
(c) (1) An annuity or survivor annuity based on the service of an 
employee or Member who performed service described in section 
8332(1) of title 5, United States Code, as added by the first section of 
this Act, shall, upon application to the Civil Service Commission, 
be recomputed in accordance with such section 8332 (1). 
(2) Any recomputation of an annuity under paragraph (1) shall 
apply with respect to months beginning more than 30 days after the 
date on which application for such recomputation is received in the 
Commission. 
(d) (1) The Civil Service Commission shall take such action as may 
be necessary and appropriate to inform individuals entitled to have 
any service credited under section 8332(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, as added by the first section of this Act, or to have any annuity 
recomputed under subsection (c), of their entitlement to such credit 
or recomputation. 
(2) The Civil Service Commission shall, on request, assist any indi-
vidual referred to in paragraph (1) in obtaining from any department, 
agency, or other instrumentality of the United States such information 
possessed by such instrumentality as may be necessary to verify the 
entitlement of such individual to have any service credited under such 
section 8332(1) or to have any annuity recomputed under subsection 
(c). 
(3) Any department, agencv, or other instrumentality of the United 
States which possesses any information with respect to the internment 
j;^,, 
or other detention of any employee or Member as described in such 
section 8332(1) shall, at the request of the Commission, furnish such 
information to the Commission. 
Approved September 22, 1978. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-789 (Coram, on Post Office and Civil Service). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1085 (Coram, on Governraental Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Jan. 23, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 11, House concurred in Senate araendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 14, No. 38: 
Sept. 22, Presidential stateraent.