Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 52 — Restitution for World War Ii Internment of Japanese-Americans and Aleuts
§ 4213. Consideration of Commission findings by departments and agencies
Statutory text
Review of applications by eligible individuals
Each department and agency of the United States Government shall review with liberality, giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission and the statement of the Congress set forth in section 4202(a) of this title, any application by an eligible individual for the restitution of any position, status, or entitlement lost in whole or in part because of any discriminatory act of the United States Government against such individual which was based upon the individual’s Japanese ancestry and which occurred during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period.
No new authority created
Subsection (a) does not create any authority to grant restitution described in that subsection, or establish any eligibility to apply for such restitution.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–383 title I § 103 · 102 Stat. 903
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4213
(Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 103, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 905.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 103, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 905.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC 103. CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION FINDINGS BY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. (a) Review of Applications By Eligible Individuals.— Each department and agency of the United States Government shall review with liberality, giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission and the statement of the Congress set forth in section 2(a), any application by an eligible individual for the restitution of any position, status, or entitlement lost in whole or in part because of any discriminatory act of the United States Government against such individual which was based upon the individual’s Japanese ancestry and which occurred during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period. (b) No New Authority Created.— Subsection (a) does not create any authority to grant restitution described in that subsection, or establish any eligibility to apply for such restitution.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–2 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.