Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§4213 Consideration of Commission findings by departments and agencies
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - UNITED STATES CITIZENS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY AND RESIDENT JAPANESE ALIENS › § 4213
Summary
Agencies must heed Commission and Congress statements when reviewing requests to restore position, status, or benefits lost due to government discrimination for Japanese ancestry during evacuation, relocation, and internment. They cannot grant restitution or create eligibility.
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Title 50, §4213
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(a)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 application by an eligible individual for the restitution of any position, status, or entitlement lost in whole or in part because of any discriminatory 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)Subsection (a) does not create any authority to grant restitution described in that subsection, or establish any eligibility to apply for such restitution.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1989b–2 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 4213
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73