HR 22 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE RESOLUTION 22
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to promote and publicize the report to the Congress of the United States entitled “A Review of the Restrictions on Persons of Italian Ancestry During World War II.”
SPONSORS: Rep. Pepino, Hills 11; Rep. Movsesian, Hills 22; Rep. Matarazzo, Hills 20; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This house resolution urges Congress to promote and publicize the November, 2001 Department of Justice report to the Congress of the United States entitled “A Review of the Restrictions on Persons of Italian Ancestry During World War II.”
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06-2085
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to promote and publicize the report to the Congress of the United States entitled “A Review of the Restrictions on Persons of Italian Ancestry During World War II.”
Whereas, more than 500,000 Italian-Americans served in World War II for the United States of America; and
Whereas, since 1999 it has been known that up to 600,000 members of the families of those who served in World War II were placed under wartime restrictions which included random arrests, searches of their person, federal raids of their homes, curfews, forced relocation, so-called “prohibited zones,” and internment camps; and
Whereas, these individuals were placed under such restrictions solely based on their Italian-American heritage; and
Whereas, Italian-Americans nationwide were affected by these wartime restrictions and were considered enemy aliens even when they were born in the United States; and
Whereas, the United States government has acknowledged the wartime campaign against Japanese-Americans and enacted a reparations law in August, 1988 that awarded over 1 billion dollars in restitution to Japanese-Americans interned in camps in or evacuated from the West Coast; and, but to date has not widely publicized the plight of Italian-Americans affected by wartime decrees; and
Whereas Congress mandated in Public Law 106-451, the Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act, that the United States Department of Justice conduct an inquiry for the purpose of documenting and making public the mistreatment of Italian-Americans during World War II; and
Whereas, the Department of Justice submitted the report, entitled “A Review of the Restrictions on Persons of Italian Ancestry During World War II” in November, 2001; and
Whereas, the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives released the report on November 27, 2001, but did not promote and publicize the report; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the New Hampshire house of representatives urges Congress to take steps to promote and publicize the report to the Congress of the United States entitled “A Review of the Restrictions on Persons of Italian Ancestry During World Ward II;” and
That copies of this resolution shall be sent by the house clerk to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, the attorney general of the United States, the chairpersons of the Judiciary Committees of the United States House of Representatives and Senate, the New Hampshire congressional delegation, and the New York headquarters of the Associated Press.