House of Reps. - Conference Report

              100th Congress 1 i\        Report
2d Session       j (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   ( 100_785
CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT
July 26, 1988.—Ordered to be printed
Mr. Frank, from the committee of conference,
submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 442]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 442) to
implement recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, having met, after full and free
conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their
respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment
of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate
amendment insert the following:
SECTION 1. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) acknowledge.the fundamental jjxjustice of the evacuation,
relocation, and internment of United States citizens and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry during World War II;
(2) apologize on behalf of the people of the United States for
the evacuation, relocation, and internment of such citizens and
permanent resident aliens;
(3) provide for a public education fund to finance efforts to
inform the public abHutlhe internment ~of such individuals so
as to prevent the recurrence of any similar event;
(4) mahgjxsljtutign to those individuals of Japanese ancestry
who were interned;
(5) make restitution to Aleut residents of the Pribilof Islands
and the Aleutian Islands westofUnimak Island, in settlement
of United States obligations in equity and at law, for—