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Wartime Treatment Study Act

Introduced: February 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6608-6609)
May 4, 2007
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
May 4, 2007
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-62.
Apr 12, 2007
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 15, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2050-2052)
Feb 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2049-2050)
Feb 15, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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.

What's happening now May 24, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6608-6609)

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