BILL ANALYSIS Ó
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 85|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 85
Author: Muratsuchi (D) and Yamada (D), et al.
Amended: 2/18/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 2/18/14
SUBJECT : Day of Remembrance: Japanese Internment
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution declares February 19, 2014, as a Day
of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the
events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese
ancestry during World War II.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 9066, under which more than 120,000 Americans
and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated in
10 internment camps scattered throughout western states during
World War II.
2.Executive Order 9066 deferred the American dream for more than
120,000 Americans and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by
inflicting a great human cost of abandoned homes, businesses,
careers, professional advancements, and disruption to family
life.
CONTINUED
ACR 85
Page
2
3.Despite their families being incarcerated behind barbed wire
in the United States, approximately 33,000 veterans of
Japanese ancestry fought bravely for our country during World
War II, serving in the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd
Regimental Combat Team, and the 522nd Field Artillery
Battalion.
4.On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Wilson Reagan signed into
law the federal Civil Liberties Act of 1988, finding that
Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity
and, hence, was caused by racial prejudice, war hysteria, and
a failure of political leadership.
5.February 19, 2014, marks 72 years since the signing of
Executive Order 9066 and a policy of grave injustice against
American citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry.
This resolution declares February 19, 2014, as a Day of
Remembrance in this state to increase public awareness of the
events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese
ancestry during World War II.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
AL:k 2/25/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
**** END ****