Redress for Japanese Americans Under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Questions and Answers

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government information.

Government publications.

United States--Officials and employees.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1990

Summary:

Describes provisions of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-383) authorizing redress of Japanese Americans detained by the Federal Government in internment camps during World War II. Covers eligibility requirements, pardons for internment law violations, restitution of Federal jobs and entitlements, financial restitution, and status of internment documents. Summarizes activities of the Civil Liberties Education Fund, which administers redress payments and publicizes information about Japanese internment and similar events in U.S. history

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Redress for Japanese Americans Under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988

Publisher Number:

CRS-1990-GOV-0002

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