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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 13
Author: Williams (D), et al.
Amended: 3/17/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 2/19/15
SUBJECT: Day of Remembrance
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution declares February 19, 2015, 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.
Senate Floor Amendments of 3/17/15 make technical changes.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 9066, pursuant to which 120,000 Americans and
resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated in
internment camps scattered throughout western states during
World War II and inflicted a great human cost of abandoned
homes, businesses, careers, professional advancements, and
disruption to family life.
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2.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 Battalion, the 442nd Regimental
Combat Team, and the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. These
groups suffered nearly 10,000 casualties collectively and are
honored as among World War II's most decorated combat teams.
3.Nearly 6,000 veterans of Japanese ancestry served with the
Military Intelligence Service and have been credited for
shortening the war by two years by translating enemy battle
plans, defense maps, tactical orders, intercepted messages and
diaries, and interrogating enemy prisoners.
4.On August 10, 1988, the federal Civil Liberties Act of 1988
was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan 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.The federal Civil Liberties Act of 1988 apologized on behalf
of the people of the United States for the evacuation,
internment, and relocation of Americans and permanent resident
aliens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. The act also
provided for restitution to those individuals of Japanese
ancestry who were interned.
6.February 19, 2015, marks 73 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, 2015, 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.
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Prior Legislation
ACR 85 (Muratsuchi, Resolution Chapter 8, Statutes of 2014), a
similar resolution, declared 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.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified3/17/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified3/17/15)
None received
Prepared by:Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
3/18/15 15:33:53
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