50 USC § 4201 - Purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4201"
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title: "50 USC § 4201 - Purposes"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4201"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–383, § 1, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 903.)"
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# § 4201. Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to—

**(1)** acknowledge the fundamental injustice of the evacuation, relocation, and internment of United States citizens and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry during World War II;

**(2)** apologize on behalf of the people of the United States for the evacuation, relocation, and internment of such citizens and permanent resident aliens;

**(3)** provide for a public education fund to finance efforts to inform the public about the internment of such individuals so as to prevent the recurrence of any similar event;

**(4)** make restitution to those individuals of Japanese ancestry who were interned;

**(5)** make restitution to Aleut residents of the Pribilof Islands and the Aleutian Islands west of Unimak Island, in settlement of United States obligations in equity and at law, for—

**(A)** injustices suffered and unreasonable hardships endured while those Aleut residents were under United States control during World War II;

**(B)** personal property taken or destroyed by United States forces during World War II;

**(C)** community property, including community church property, taken or destroyed by United States forces during World War II; and

**(D)** traditional village lands on Attu Island not rehabilitated after World War II for Aleut occupation or other productive use;

**(6)** discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and violations of civil liberties in the future; and

**(7)** make more credible and sincere any declaration of concern by the United States over violations of human rights committed by other nations.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–383, § 1, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 903.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1989 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.