Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/926

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114 STAT. 1948 PUBLIC LAW 106-451—NOV. 7, 2000 date of the enactment of this Act shall submit to the Congress a report that documents the findings of such review. The report shall cover the period between September 1, 1939, and December 31, 1945, and shall include the following: (1) The names of all Italian Americans who were taken into custody in the initial roundup following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and prior to the United States declaration of war against Italy. (2) The names of all Italian Americans who were taken into custody. (3) The names of all Italian Americans who were interned and the location where they were interned. (4) The names of all Italian Americans who were ordered to move out of designated areas under the United States Army's "Individual Exclusion Program". (5) The names of all Italian Americans who were arrested for curfew, contraband, or other violations under the authority of Executive Order No. 9066. (6) Documentation of Federal Bureau of Investigation raids on the homes of Italian Americans. (7) A list of ports from which Italian American fishermen were restricted. (8) The names of Italian American fishermen who were prevented from fishing in prohibited zones and therefore unable to pursue their livelihoods. (9) The names of Italian Americans whose boats were confiscated. (10) The names of Italian American railroad workers who were prevented from working in prohibited zones. Records. (11) A list of all civil liberties infringements suffered by Italian Americans during World War II, as a result of Executive Order No. 9066, including internment, hearings without benefit of counsel, illegal searches and seizures, travel restrictions, enemy alien registration requirements, employment restrictions, confiscation of property, and forced evacuation from homes. (12) An explanation of whether Italian Americans were subjected to civil liberties infringements, as a result of Executive Order No. 9066, and if so, why other Italian Americans were not. (13) A review of the wartime restrictions on Italian Americans to determine how civil liberties can be better protected during national emergencies. SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the story of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II needs to be told in order to acknowledge that these events happened, to remember those whose lives were unjustly disrupted and whose freedoms were violated, to help repair the damage to the Italian American community, and to discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and violations of civil liberties in the future; (2) Federal agencies, including the Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities, shoxild support projects such as—