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 120 STAT. 3288

PUBLIC LAW 109–441—DEC. 21, 2006

Public Law 109–441 109th Congress An Act Dec. 21, 2006 [H.R. 1492]

To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 16 USC 461 note.

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SECTION 1. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONFINEMENT SITES.

(a) PRESERVATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall create a program within the National Park Service to encourage, support, recognize, and work in partnership with citizens, Federal agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, restoring, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law. (b) GRANTS.— (1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, after consultation with State, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations (including organizations involved in the preservation of historic confinement sites), shall develop criteria for making grants under paragraph (2) to assist in carrying out subsection (a). (2) PROVISION OF GRANTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, make grants to the entities described in paragraph (1) only in accordance with the criteria developed under that paragraph. (c) PROPERTY ACQUISITION.— (1) AUTHORITY.—Federal funds made available under this section may be used to acquire non-Federal property for the purposes of this section, in accordance with section 3, only if that property is within the areas described in paragraph (2). (2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS.—The property referred to in paragraph (2) is the following: (A) Jerome, depicted in Figure 7.1 of the Site Document. (B) Rohwer, depicted in Figure 11.2 of the Site Document. (C) Topaz, depicted in Figure 12.2 of the Site Document.

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