Public Law 100-383

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Public Law 100-383 is the U.S. federal statute, known as the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, that formally apologized for and granted reparations to Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

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Public Law 100-383 canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
reparations law ⓘ
acknowledges fundamental violations of the basic civil liberties and constitutional rights of Japanese Americans ⓘ
addresses civil liberties violations during World War II ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
apologyTo Aleut residents of the Pribilof and Aleutian Islands relocated during World War II ⓘ
Japanese Americans interned during World War II ⓘ
Japanese permanent resident aliens interned during World War II ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup Aleut residents of the Pribilof and Aleutian Islands affected by wartime relocation ⓘ
Japanese Americans ⓘ
Japanese resident aliens in the United States ⓘ
compensationAmountPerPerson 20000 U.S. dollars ⓘ
compensationType lump-sum payment ⓘ
congressNumber 100th United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1988-08-10 ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry who were evacuated, relocated, or interned during World War II ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Office of Redress Administration ⓘ
historicalContext World War II Japanese American internment ⓘ
includes authorization of payments to eligible individuals ⓘ
provisions for public education about the internment ⓘ
statement of U.S. government apology ⓘ
inspiredBy findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
officialName Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ
policyArea civil rights policy ⓘ
minority rights policy ⓘ
war-time measures review ⓘ
primaryPurpose to acknowledge and apologize for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ
to provide monetary redress to eligible Japanese Americans and others interned during World War II ⓘ
provides formal apology on behalf of the United States government ⓘ
monetary compensation to eligible internees ⓘ
publicLawNumber 100-383 ⓘ
recognizedAs major precedent for government reparations in the United States ⓘ
recognizes that the internment was based on race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership ⓘ
relatedTo Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
Japanese American internment ⓘ
Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
shortName Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
signingDate 1988-08-10 ⓘ
subjectMatter civil liberties ⓘ
government reparations ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
timePeriodCovered World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
typeOfApology official government apology ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Liberties Act of 1988 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 100-383 ⓘ
Japanese American Redress Act → codifiedAs → Public Law 100-383 ⓘ