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A bill to provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 19, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 6, 2006
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-447.
Sep 19, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 19, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to create a program within the National Park Service to support and work in partnership with citizens, governmental and tribal organizations, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations in identifying, protecting, and acquiring historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to States, local and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to assist in carrying out such actions.

What's happening now April 6, 2006

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-447.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 3, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1719: A bill to provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1719/
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"S. 1719: A bill to provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1719/.
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S. 1719, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1719/.
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