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Civil Liberties Act of 1987

Introduced: January 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 45 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 10, 1988
Became Public Law No: 100-383.
Aug 10, 1988
Signed by President.
Aug 5, 1988
Presented to President.
Aug 5, 1988
Measure Signed in Senate.
Aug 4, 1988
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 257 - 156 (Record Vote No: 264).
Aug 4, 1988
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 257 - 156 (Record Vote No: 264).
Aug 3, 1988
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Jul 28, 1988
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 27, 1988
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Jul 27, 1988
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Jul 27, 1988
Conference papers: and official papers held at the desk in Senate.
Jul 26, 1988
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
Jul 26, 1988
Conference Report 100-785 Filed in House.
Jul 26, 1988
Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-785 Filed in House.
May 11, 1988
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Glenn; Pryor; Matsunaga; Stevens; Rudman.
May 11, 1988
Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.
Apr 28, 1988
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House requests a conference.
Apr 27, 1988
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Rodino, Frank, Berman, Shaw, Swindall.
Apr 27, 1988
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 27, 1988
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 26, 1988
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 20, 1988
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1009 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 69-27. Record Vote No: 105.
Apr 20, 1988
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1009 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 69-27. Record Vote No: 105.
Apr 20, 1988
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1009 amended.
Apr 20, 1988
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Sep 22, 1987
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 323. By unanimous consent.
Sep 18, 1987
Received in the Senate.
Sep 17, 1987
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 243 - 141 (Record Vote No: 321).
Sep 17, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 243 - 141 (Record Vote No: 321).
Sep 17, 1987
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Sep 17, 1987
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
Sep 17, 1987
Called up by House by Rule.
Sep 17, 1987
Rule Passed House.
Sep 16, 1987
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.263 Reported to House.
Sep 15, 1987
Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate.
Aug 6, 1987
Placed on Union Calendar No: 174.
Aug 6, 1987
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 100-278.
Jun 17, 1987
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 17, 1987
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 13, 1987
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 13, 1987
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 29, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 10, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Jan 6, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Jan 6, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Liberties Act of 1987 - Title I: Recognition of Injustice and an Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II.

Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons of those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose violation was based on a refusal to accept racially discriminatory treatment.

Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursement from the Fund. Provides that disbursement from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States.

Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life.

Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to each eligible Aleut for any uncompensated personal property loss.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Aleut Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in Attu Island, Alaska.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that all documents, personal testimony, and other material collected by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians shall be deposited in the National Archives of the United States.

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Became Public Law No: 100-383.

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