S 1691 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Wartime Treatment Study Act

Introduced Oct 1, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Russell D. Feingold D-WI

Latest action · Jan 28, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S308-309)

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.

IntroducedOct 1, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Wartime Treatment Study Act - Title I: Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans - (Sec. 101) Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans, the subjects of whose review of U.S. Government wartime treatment (from September 1, 1939, through December 31, 1948) of European Americans and European Latin Americans shall include: (1) civil liberties violations resulting from enforcement of the Alien Enemies Acts, Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, 2662, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, and directives pursuant to such provisions concerning registration, arrest, exclusion, internment, exchange, or deportation; (2) action concerning European Americans pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and Executive Order 9066 in the nature of registration requirements, restrictions, internment, and detention; (3) participation by European Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) appropriate remedies, including future protection of civil liberties during wartime. Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees - (Sec. 201) Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees to review the U.S. Government's refusal to allow entry into the United States of Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Europe. Directs the Commission to include reviews of: (1) the rationale for such decision, its perceived benefit, and its impacts; and (2) Federal refugee policy concerning those fleeing persecution or genocide. Authorizes appropriations.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 1, 2003 to Oct 28, 2003; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IA	Chuck Grassley	Original	Oct 1, 2003
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Oct 1, 2003
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Oct 1, 2003
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Oct 28, 2003

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 Oct 1, 2003Markup Oct 16, 2003Reported Oct 16, 2003

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 28, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S308-309)
Oct 16, 2003Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 16, 2003Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Oct 16, 2003Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.
Oct 1, 2003Introduced in Senate
Oct 1, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12278-12279)
Oct 1, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12279-12281)

In the Congressional Record 2

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 S308	Lindsey Graham R-SC, Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Jan 28, 2004
Senate	Debate and remarks S12278Text printed S12279–S12281	Russell D. Feingold D-WI (text)	Oct 1, 2003

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

Oct 17, 2003S. 1691, Wartime Treatment Study Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 16, 2003</p>
Oct 17, 2003S. 1691, Wartime Treatment Study ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 16, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3226	Wartime Treatment Study Act	Identical bill	Oct 22, 2003

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.
Short Titles as Introduced: Wartime Treatment Study Act
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: Wartime Treatment Study Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 16, 2003Reported to Senate
Oct 1, 2003Introduced in Senate

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