Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§2 DEFINITIONS.

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - National Preservation Programs › § 2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in the Act. Historic confinement sites means the ten World War II internment camp locations named Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake, and other sites the Secretary of the Interior decides were places where Japanese Americans were held. Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. Site Document means the 1999 report titled "Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites," published by the Western Archeological and Conservation Center, National Park Service. Japanese American Confinement Education Grants means competitive grants for Japanese American organizations to teach people in the United States about WWII confinement, including using digital resources. Japanese American organization means a U.S. private nonprofit that promotes understanding of Japanese American history and culture.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §2

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“For purposes of this Act the following definitions apply:

“(1)(A)The term ‘historic confinement sites’ means the 10 internment camp sites referred to as Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake and depicted in Figures 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.4, 9.2, 10.6, 11.2, 12.2, and 13.2, respectively, of the Site Document; and

“(B)other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

“(2)The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior.

“(3)The term ‘Site Document’ means the document titled ‘Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites’, published by the Western Archeological and Conservation Center, National Park Service, in 1999.

“(4)The term ‘Japanese American Confinement Education Grants’ means competitive grants, awarded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American organizations to educate individuals, including through the use of digital resources, in the United States on the historical importance of Japanese American confinement during World War II, so that present and future generations may learn from Japanese American confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice under the law.

“(5)The term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a private nonprofit organization within the United States established to promote the understanding and appreciation of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the United States by illustrating the Japanese American experience throughout the history of the United States.

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54 U.S.C. § 2

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73