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50 U.S.C. § 4214 — Remedies with respect to criminal convictions
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**(a) Review of convictions** The Attorney General is requested to review any case in which an individual living on August 10, 1988, was, while a United States citizen or permanent resident alien of Japanese ancestry, convicted of a violation of—
(1) Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942;
(2) the Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or
(3) any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry;
on account of the refusal by such individual, during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period, to accept treatment which discriminated against the individual on the basis of the individual’s Japanese ancestry.
**(b) Recommendations for pardons** Based upon any review under subsection (a), the Attorney General is requested to recommend to the President for pardon consideration those convictions which the Attorney General considers appropriate.
**(c) Action by the President** In consideration of the statement of the Congress set forth in [section 4202(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4202/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the President is requested to offer pardons to any individuals recommended by the Attorney General under subsection (b).
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**(a) Review of convictions** The Attorney General is requested to review any case in which an individual living on August 10, 1988, was, while a United States citizen or permanent resident alien of Japanese ancestry, convicted of a violation of—
(1) Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942;
(2) the Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or
(3) any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry;
on account of the refusal by such individual, during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period, to accept treatment which discriminated against the individual on the basis of the individual’s Japanese ancestry.
**(b) Recommendations for pardons** Based upon any review under subsection (a), the Attorney General is requested to recommend to the President for pardon consideration those convictions which the Attorney General considers appropriate.
**(c) Action by the President** In consideration of the statement of the Congress set forth in [section 4202(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4202/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the President is requested to offer pardons to any individuals recommended by the Attorney General under subsection (b).
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 765, dealt with criminal penalties for persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in a military area or zone contrary to restrictions imposed by Executive Order or Secretary of the Army.
#### Savings Provision
Repeal of this section by Pub. L. 94–412 not to affect any action taken or proceeding pending at the time of repeal, see section 501(h) of Pub. L. 94–412, set out as a note under [section 1601 of Title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1601&num=0&edition=prelim), War and National Defense.
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For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “evacuation, relocation, and internment period” means that period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on June 30, 1946;
(2) the term “eligible individual” means any individual of Japanese ancestry, or the spouse or a parent of an individual of Japanese ancestry, who is living on August 10, 1988, and who, during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period—
(A) was a United States citizen or a permanent resident alien; and
(B)
(i) was confined, held in custody, relocated, or otherwise deprived of liberty or property as a result of—
(I) Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942;
(II) the Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or
(III) any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry; or
(ii) was enrolled on the records of the United States Government during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on June 30, 1946, as being in a prohibited military zone;
except that the term “eligible individual” does not include any individual who, during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on September 2, 1945, relocated to a country while the United States was at war with that country;
(3) the term “permanent resident alien” means an alien lawfully admitt
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 4215
President is requested to offer pardons to any
individuals recommended by the Attorney Gen-
eral under subsection (b).
(Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 102, Aug. 10, 1988, 102
Stat. 904.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19,
1942, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is not classified to the
Code.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide a penalty for
violation of restrictions or orders with respect to per-
sons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing
any act in military areas or zones’’, approved March 21,
1942 (56 Stat. 173), referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act
Mar. 21, 1942, ch. 191, 56 Stat. 173, which was classified
to section 97a of former Title 18, Criminal Code and
Criminal Procedure, and was repealed by act of June 25,
1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 868 and reenacted as section
1383 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Sec-
tion 1383 of Title 18 was repealed by Pub. L. 94–412, title
V, § 501(e), Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1258.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–1 of
the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial re-
classification and renumbering as this section.
§ 4213. Consideration of Commission findings by
departments and agencies
(a) Review of applications by eligible individuals
Each department and agency of the United
States Government shall review with liberality,
giving full consideration to the findings of the
Commission and the statement of the Congress
set forth in section 4202(a) of this title, any ap-
plication by an eligible individual for the res-
titution of any position, status, or entitlement
lost in whole or in part because of any discrimi-
natory act of the United States Government
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