Japanese American Confinement Education Act
Summary
Japanese American Confinement Education Act This bill establishes a museum program on the historical importance of Japanese American confinement during World War II and permanently reauthorizes the Japanese American Confinement Sites preservation program. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a program of grants to a Japanese American museum to educate individuals in the United States on the historical importance of such confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Mar 25, 2021
Last action Mar 25, 2021
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Committee
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Mar 25, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
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State
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Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
John W. Hickenlooper
DDemocratic
Co
Maria Cantwell
DDemocratic
Co
Mazie K. Hirono
DDemocratic
Co
Patty Murray
DDemocratic
Co
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
Co
Ron Wyden
DDemocratic
Co
Tammy Duckworth
DDemocratic
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