HR 821 United States House · 119th Congress

Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025

This bill authorizes a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American civil rights advocate who challenged the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. It recognizes his legal fight against Executive Order 9066, which led to the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 people, and his lifelong advocacy against racial discrimination. The medal, designed by the Treasury Secretary, will be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution. The bill is purely commemorative and does not create new legal rights or funding requirements.

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Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Last action Jan 28, 2025

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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.

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