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US HB821
Bill
Status
1/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mark Takano
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AI Summary
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Posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu (1919-2005), a Japanese American civil rights activist who defied the WWII Japanese American incarceration order and challenged his conviction to the Supreme Court
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Korematsu was arrested in 1942 for refusing to comply with Civilian Exclusion Order 34, convicted and sentenced to 5 years probation, and incarcerated at the Topaz camp in Utah for 2 years
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His 1944 Supreme Court conviction was overturned in 1983 after evidence revealed the government had suppressed findings that Japanese Americans were not security threats
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President Clinton awarded Korematsu the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998, placing him alongside civil rights figures like Rosa Parks
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The gold medal will be given to the Smithsonian Institution for display, with bronze duplicates available for sale; costs funded through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund
Legislative Description
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1/28/2025