Wartime Treatment Study Act
Latest action · May 24, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6608-6609)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2007
- 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 of that version is repeated here.)
Wartime Treatment Study Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans to review U.S. government wartime treatment (from September 1, 1939, through December 31, 1948) of European Americans and European Latin Americans.
Requires the Commission to review: (1) government actions with respect to European Americans and European Latin Americans pursuant to the Alien Enemies Acts, Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, 2662, 2685, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, and related directives pertaining to the registration, arrest, exclusion, internment, exchange, or deportation of such people; (2) registration requirements, travel and property restrictions, internment, and forced abandonment of property; (3) participation by European Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) appropriate remedies, including future protection of civil liberties during wartime.
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 or genocide in Europe. Directs the Commission to include reviews of: (1) the rationale for such refusal, its perceived benefit, and its impact on refugees; and (2) federal refugee policy concerning those fleeing persecution or genocide.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2007 to Jun 24, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Jun 24, 2008 |
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 Feb 15, 2007Markup Apr 12, 2007Reported May 4, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6608-6609)
- May 4, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-62.
- May 4, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
- Apr 12, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2049-2050)
- Feb 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2050-2052)
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 S2049Text printed S2050–S2052 | Russell D. Feingold D-WI (text) | Feb 15, 2007 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 19, 2007S. 621, Wartime Treatment Study Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 12, 2007</p>
- Apr 19, 2007S. 621, Wartime Treatment Study ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 12, 2007
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1185 | Wartime Treatment Study Act | Related bill | Feb 16, 2007 |
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.
- Aggression
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Caribbean area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Compensation (Law)
- Concentration camps
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Directories
- Europe
- European American ethnic groups
- Executive orders
- Expropriation
- Federal advisory bodies
- Foreign agents
- Genocide
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- History
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
- Jews
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Latin Americans
- Law
- Legislation
- Military personnel
- Political persecution
- President and foreign policy
- Public meetings
- Recruiting and enlistment
- Refugees
- Repatriation
- Right of property
- Right to travel
- War
- World War II
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2007Reported to Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced 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.
