50 U.S.C. § 4214 — Trust Fund

Page 1045 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56 Stat. 173, which was classified to section 97a of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, and was repealed by act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 868 and reenacted as section 1383 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Sec- tion 1383 of Title 18 was repealed by Pub.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 against such individual which was based upon the individual’s Japanese ancestry and which occurred during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period. (b) No new authority created Subsection (a) does not create any authority to grant restitution described in that sub- section, or establish any eligibility to apply for such restitution. (Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 103, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 905.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–2 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial re- classification and renumbering as this section. § 4214. Trust Fund (a) Establishment There is established in the Treasury of the United States the Civil Liberties Public Edu- cation Fund, which shall be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. (b) Investment of amounts in the Fund Amounts in the Fund shall be invested in ac- cordance with section 9702 of title 31. (c) Uses of the Fund Amounts in the Fund shall be available only for disbursement by the Attorney General under section 4215 of this title and by the Board under section 4216 of this title. (d) Termination The Fund shall terminate not later than the earlier of the date on which an amount has been expended from the Fund which is equal to the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Fund by subsection (e), and any income earned on such amount, or 10 years after August 10, 1988. If all of the amounts in the Fund have not been expended by the end of that 10-year period, investments of amounts in the Fund shall be liq- uidated and receipts thereof deposited in the Fund and all funds remaining in the Fund shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts ac- count in the Treasury. (e) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $1,650,000,000, of which not more than $500,000,000 may be appropriated for any fiscal year. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available until expended. (Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 104, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 905; Pub. L. 102–371, § 2, Sept. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 1167.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–3 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial re- classification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 1992—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–371 substituted ‘‘$1,650,000,000’’ for ‘‘$1,250,000,000’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR FUND Pub. L. 101–162, title II, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 996, provided that: ‘‘Subject to the provisions of section 104(e) of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–383; 50 U.S.C. App. 1989(b-3(e) [1989b–3(e)]) [now 50 U.S.C. 4214(e)], the maximum amount authorized under such section for any fiscal year is appropriated, from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1990, to the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund established by section 104(a) of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 [50 U.S.C. 4214(a)], for payments to eligible individuals under section 105 of that Act [50 U.S.C. 4215].’’ § 4215. Restitution (a) Location and payment of eligible individuals (1) In general Subject to paragraph (7), the Attorney Gen- eral shall, subject to the availability of funds appropriated to the Fund for such purpose, pay out of the Fund to each eligible individual the sum of $20,000, unless such individual refuses, in the manner described in paragraph (5), to accept the payment. (2) Location of eligible individuals The Attorney General shall identify and lo- cate, without requiring any application for