Wartime Treatment Study Act
Latest action · Mar 14, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.
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.
- IntroducedAug 3, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs that such review include: (1) a comprehensive review of the facts and circumstances surrounding U.S. Government actions during World War II which violated the civil liberties of European Americans and European Latin Americans; (2) a review of U.S. Government action with respect to European Americans, including registration requirements, travel and property restrictions, establishment of restricted areas, raids, arrests, internment, exclusion, internee employment by American companies, exchange, repatriation, and deportment, and the immediate and long-term effect of such actions, particularly internment; (3) a brief review of the participation by European Americans, including those whose families were interned, repatriated, or excluded, in the U.S. armed forces; and (4) a recommendation of appropriate remedies, including how civil liberties can be better protected during war, an assessment of the continued viability of the Alien Enemy Act, and public education programs. Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees - Establishes the Jewish Refugee Commission to review the U.S. Government's refusal to allow Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Europe entry to the United States during the period between January 1, 1933, through December 31, 1945.
Directs that such review include a review of: (1) the underlying rationale of the Government's decision to refuse entry, the information the Government received or acquired suggesting such refusal was necessary, the perceived benefit of such refusal, and the impact of such refusal on the refugees; and (2) Federal refugee policy relating to those fleeing persecution or genocide, including recommendations for making it easier for future victims of persecution or genocide to obtain refuge in the United States.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 3, 2001 to Mar 4, 2002; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Aug 3, 2001 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Aug 3, 2001 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Mar 4, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2001Markup Mar 14, 2002Reported Mar 15, 2002 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2002Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 14, 2002Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
- Mar 14, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.
- Aug 3, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Aug 3, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8918-8920)
- Aug 3, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8920-8922)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8918–S8922Text printed S8920–S8922 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Russell D. Feingold D-WI (text) | Aug 3, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 22, 2002S. 1356, Wartime Treatment Study act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 14, 2002</p>
- Mar 22, 2002S. 1356, Wartime Treatment Study actCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 14, 2002
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-610 | PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS IN THE FACE OF TERRORISM93 pages | Judiciary Committee | Oct 3, 2001 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a commission to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, Europeans Latin Americans, and European refugees during World War II.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wartime Treatment of European Americans and Refugees Study Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Wartime Treatment Study Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Alien property
- Aliens
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Civics education
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Concentration camps
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Declaration of war
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Education
- Europe
- European American ethnic groups
- Executive orders
- Federal advisory bodies
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Genocide
- Germans
- Germany
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- History
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Italians
- Italy
- Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
- Jews
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Latin Americans
- Law
- Licenses
- Political persecution
- Political refugees
- Presidential powers
- Refugees
- Religion
- Repatriation
- Right of property
- Right to travel
- Transportation and Public Works
- War
- World War II
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2002Reported to Senate
- Aug 3, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
