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Date
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House/
Senate
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Bills, Amendments,
Insertions
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In Favor
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Opposed
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Jan. 3, 1985
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House
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H.R. 442
Civil Liberties Act of 1985
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Mineta Introduces and Summarizes the bill
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Matsui Introduces and Summarizes the bill
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Feb. 19, 1985
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House
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"History of Korematsu v. United States" (text of Supreme Court decision)
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Mineta
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May 2, 1985
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Senate
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S 1053
Legislation to Implement Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens (text of bill)
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Matsunaga,
Stevens,
Inouye,
Cranston,
Gorton,
Murkowski
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"The Anxiety of Being a Japanese-American" Gene Oishi (New YorkTimes essay, April 28, 1985)
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Dec. 12, 1985
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House
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"Report by the Redress Committee" Salinas Valley Chapter of the Japanese-American Citizens League
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Nov. 9, 1986
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House
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Speech Presented before the Japanese American Citizens League
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Levine
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Jan. 6, 1987
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House
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H.R. 442 (revised)
Civil Liberties Act of 1987
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Mineta
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Sept. 9, 1987
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House
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H.R. 442 (revised)
Civil Liberties Act of 1987
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Panetta
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Oct. 29, 1987
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House
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"A Thousand Days' Detention" Robert F. Drinan
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Apr. 15, 1988
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Senate
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S 1009
The War Reparations Act of 1988
(text of bill)
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Apr. 19, 1988
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Senate
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S 1009
The War Reparations Act of 1988
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Glenn,
Matsunaga,
Rudman,
Simon,
Stevens,
Adams,
Murkowski,
Cranston
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Hollings
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Exhibit 1
Law cases in which damages have been awarded in false arrest and false imprisonment
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Exhibit 2
Organizations that endorse
S 1009 and the War Reparations Act of 1988
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Apr. 20, 1988
Part 1
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Senate
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S 1009 Amendment No. 1919 (eliminates recommendation of payment and compensationto individuals)
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Hecht,
Helms,
Warner,
Chaffe
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Inouye,
Stevens,
Reid,
Wilson,
Matsunaga,
Stevens
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Proclamation 4417 President Gerald Ford, Feb. 19, 1977 (terminates all authority conferred by Executive Order 9066)
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Apr. 20, 1988
Part 2
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Senate
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S 1009
The War Reparations Act of 1988
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Exon, Evans
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Wallop
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S 1009
Amendment No. 1968 (prohibits appropriations if there will be a deficit for the fiscal year)
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Helms
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Matsunaga,
Simpson
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S 1009
Amendment No. 1969 (seeks compensation from the Soviet Union for crimes done to Aleuts of Alaska)
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Helms
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"$1.2 Billion Worth of Hindsight" James. J Kilpatrick (New York Times essay)
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May 5, 1988
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Senate
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S 1009
The War Reparations Act of 1988
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Nunn, after the Act's passage: opposes its financial compensation aspects and its condemnation of wartime leaders)
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July 27, 1988
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House
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H.R. 442
Conference Report on the Commission on Wartime Relocations and Internment of Civilians
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Glenn,
Matsunaga
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Aug. 3, 1988
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House
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H.R. 442
Implementation of report by the Commission on Wartime Relocations and Internment of Civilians
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Miller, Lowry,
Saiki, Akaka,
Swindall, Weiss
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Shumway,
Holloway
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Aug. 4, 1988
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House
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H.R. 442
Implementation of report by the Commission on Wartime Relocations and Internment of Civilians
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Rodino, Matsui,
Young, Lungren,
Glickman, Frenzel,
Panetta, Blaz,
Konnyu, Berman,
Levine, Fazio,
Mineta, Bonker,
Lehman, Pelosi
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Bentley,
Coble,
Davis
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Letter by President Ronald Reagan, Aug. 1, 1988
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"Japanese American Creed"
by Mike Masaoka (1941)
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H.R. 442
Resolution passes
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April 26, 1989
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House
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H.R. 2070
Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
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Weiss
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Conte
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H.R. 2070
Resolution does not pass
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July 20, 1989
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Senate
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OM-229
A Joint Resolution Adopted by the Legislature of the State of California to the Committee on the Judiciary
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June 24, 1991
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House
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H.R. 543
Establishment of the Manzanar National Historic Site (text of the bill)
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Vento,
Lagomarsino,
Levine, Young,
Mineta, Miller,
Thomas
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Feb. 27, 1992
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Senate
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"The Fallout from Japan Bashing"
Frank H. Wu, Feb. 3, 1992
(Washington Post essay)
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Wallop
(commentary)
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Sept. 14, 1992
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House
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H.R. 4551
Amendment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (increases the authorization
for the Trust Fund under the Act and other purposes)
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Frank,
Gekas,
Edwards,
Matsui
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Oct. 28, 1992
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House
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H.R. 4551
Amendment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (text of the bill)
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Feb. 11, 1998
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House
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"Remembering the Japanese-American Internment"
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Underwood
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