Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment

              COMMISSION ON WARTIME RELO-
. CATION AND INTERNMENT OF
v CIVILIANS .ACT ;-.,:. ,.•> 'Sfc^i *•/
.' Mr. DANTELsdN.Mr. Speaker, I move
to suspend the rules and pass the bill
(H.R. 5499) to establish a Commission to
gather facts to determine whether any
wrong was committed against those
American citizens and permanent resident aliens affected by Executive Order
No. 9066, and (or other purposes, as
amended. »,-.*••.
•The Clerk read as follows:
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: Beit 'enacted by the Senate and House of
ttt-prtentative; of the United States of America in Conor us assembled.      - »••'
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BrcTio.v  1. This Act ma; be' cited as the
' "Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act".   .;.■-.•_•.
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~Btc. 3. (a) The Congress finds'that— •
*.'<!) approximately one hundred and twenty thousand civilians were relocated and detained In internment camps pursuant .to
Executive Order Numbered 9066. Issued February 19, 1942, and other associated actions
Of the Federal Government;
. (3) approximately one thousand Aleut
civilian American citizens were relocated
and, In some eases, detained In Internment
camps pursuant to directives of United
States military forces during World War n
and other associated actions of the Federal
• Government; and
(3) no sufficient Inquiry has been made
Into the matters described in paragraphs (1)
and (3). -r       -" .*.
(b) It la the purpose of this Act to establish a commission to—t '..•■*-■
~ . U) review  the  facts  and  circumstances
surrounding   Executive   Order   9066,  Issued
February 19, 1942. and the Impact of tucb
Executive order on American citizens and
permanent resident aliens;
'   (3)  review   directives   of   United   States
military forces requiring the relocation and.
in   acme   cases,   detention   in   Internment
camps of American citizens, Including Aleut
civilians, and permanent resident aliens of
the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands; and
» (3) recommended appropriate remedies.
ESTABLISHMrNT   OT  COKMISSION
Src. 8. (a) There is established the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (hereinafter referred to as
the "Commission").
v (b) The Commission ibaii be composed of
■even members, who shall be appointed wlth-
' to ninety days after the date of enactment
Of this Act as follows: -"      .        »
(1) Three members shall be appointed by
. the President.
. (3) Two members shall be appointed by
the Speaker of the Bouse of Representatives.
- (3) Two members shall be appointed by
' the President pro tempore of the Senste.
- (c) The term of office for members shall
be for the life of the Commission. A vacancy In the Commission shall not affect
Its powers, and shall be'filled to the same
manner to which the original appointment
was made. '
' (d) The first meeting of the Commission
shall be called by the President wtlhln one
hundred and twenty days after the date of
enactment of this Act, or within thirty
days after the date on which legislation is
enacted making appropriations to carry out
this Act, whichever date la later.
. * (e) Pour members of the Commission
Shall   constitute  a   quorum,   but  a  leaser
' number may hold hearings. " ■'
(f) The Commission ahall elect a Chairman  and Vice  Chairman from among its
'members. The term of office of each ahall
be for the life of the CommlsElon.    - .
^ (g) Each member of the Cozirrjilsslon who
• la not otherwise employed.by the United
States Government shall receive compensation s a rate equal to the daily rate prescribed for OS-IS under the General Schedule