Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2001
Latest action · Jul 25, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Urges the President to transmit a letter of apology to each such individual.
Makes the Attorney General responsible for identifying and locating individuals eligible for restitution. Authorizes judicial review of a denial of compensation. Permits an individual covered by this Act who has accepted payment on a related claim before this Act's enactment to receive an appropriately reduced payment.
Directs: (1) individuals covered by this Act to not be considered to have been present in the United States unlawfully during the evacuation, relocation, or internment period; (2) each U.S. agency to correct any records indicating otherwise; (3) agencies to disclose all information relating to the removal and internment of such individuals; and (4) the President to share such information with other countries and encourage those countries to make that information available.
Reestablishes in the Treasury the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and establishes a board of directors for the Fund.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jul 25, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jul 25, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8213-8214)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Administrative procedure
- Aliens
- Central America
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil rights enforcement
- Claims
- Compensation (Law)
- Concentration camps
- Department of Justice
- Deportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Freedom of information
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- History
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Japanese Americans
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Law
- Minorities
- Public records
- Racial discrimination
- Relocation
- Survivors' benefits
- World War II
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