HR 9471 · 95th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Japanese-Americans shall be allowed civil service retirement credit for time spent in World War II internment camps.

Introduced 1977-10-06· Sponsored by Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Public Law 95-382.(1978-09-22)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1978-01-23
Yea 366Nay 12
PassedHouse · 1978-01-23
Yea 366Nay 12

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Allows any Federal employee or Member of Congress to count as creditable service for retirement purposes any time such person may have spent after his or her eighteenth birthday interned in a camp or facility established during World War II for the purpose of detaining persons of Japanese ancestry.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (14)

11 Democrats3 Republicans