Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/942

 102 STAT. 904

PUBLIC LAW 100-383—AUG. 10, 1988

failure of political leadership. The excluded individuals of Japanese ancestry suffered enormous damages, both material and intangible, and there were incalculable losses in education and job training, all of which resulted in significant human suffering for which appropriate compensation has not been made. For these fundamental violations of the basic civil liberties and constitutional rights of these individuals of Japanese ancestry, the Congress apologizes on behalf of the Nation. (b) WITH RESPECT TO THE ALEUTS.—The Congress recognizes that, as described by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, the Aleut civilian residents of the Pribilof Islands and the Aleutian Islands west of Unimak Island were relocated during World War 11 to temporary camps in isolated r^ons of southeast Alaska where they remained, under United States control and in the care of the United States, until long after any potential danger to their home villages had passed. The United States failed to provide reasonable care for the Aleuts, and this resulted in widespread iliness, disease, and death among the residents of the camps; and the United States further failed to protect Aleut personal and community property while such property was in its possession or under its control. The United States has not compensated the Aleuts adequately for the conversion or destruction of personal property, and the conversion or destruction of community property caused by the United States military occupation of Aleut villages during World War II. There is no remedy for injustices suffered by the Aleuts during World War n except an Act of Congress providing appropriate compensation for those losses which are attributable to the conduct of United States forces and other ofiQcials and employees of the United States. Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

TITLE I—UNITED STATES CITIZENS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY AND RESIDENT JAPANESE ALIENS

50 USC app. 1989b.

SEC 101. SHORT TITLE.

50 USC app. 1989b-l.

SEC 102. REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS. (a) REVIEW OP CONVICTIONS.—The Attorney General is requested

This title may be cited as the "Qvil Liberties Act of 1988".

to review any case in which an individual living on the date of the enactment of this Act was, while a United Stat^ citizen or permanent resident alien of Japanese ancestiy, convicted of a violation of— (1) Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942; (2) the Act entitled "An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones", approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or (3) any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry;

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