§ 2. DEFINITIONS.
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“For purposes of this Act the following definitions apply: Historic confinement sites .— 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 other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.
Secretary .— The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior. Site document .— 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. Japanese american confinement education grants .— 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.
Japanese american organization .— 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.