S. 35

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Amache Study Act

Introduced 1/8/2019•116th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

1/8/2019 • Senate

Summary

Amache Study Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as Amache, Camp Amache, and Granada Relocation Center, in Granada, Colorado, which was 1 of the 10 relocation centers where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

In conducting such study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of such relocation center and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.

Introduced in Senate • 1/8/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

ColoradoConflicts and warsCongressional oversightDetention of personsGovernment studies and investigationsHistoric sites and heritage areasJapanRacial and ethnic relationsU.S. history