About the bill
Would a modern-day equivalent of WWII-era Japanese-American internment camps be prevented by culture, or does it need to be banned by law?
Context
After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, prompting the U.S. to enter World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the detainment of U.S. residents with Japanese ancestry. About 122,000 people were forced to leave their homes and live in detention camps under this order, despite never being charged with a crime, including almost 70,000 American citizens.
One of them was Fred Korematsu, who brought his case all the way to the Supreme Court. In Korematsu v. U.S., the Court ruled against him 6–3. Although a federal district court judge symbolically overturned Korematsu’s conviction in 1983, the Supreme Court …
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
This bill was introduced on February 18, 2021, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
1 Cosponsor (1 Democrat)
History
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Dec 19, 2017
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4680 (115th). |
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Feb 14, 2019
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1288 (116th). |
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Feb 18, 2021
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jan 30, 2023
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 639. |
H.R. 1181 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1181. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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