<Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on July 26, 1988; agreed to by the Senate on July 27, 1988 (voice vote) and by the House on August 4, 1988 (257--156) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 10, 1988 </Li> <P> The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100--383, title I, August 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 904, 50a U.S.C. § 1989b et seq .) is a United States federal law that granted reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned by the United States government during World War II . The act was sponsored by California's Democratic Congressman Norman Mineta, an internee as a child, and Wyoming's Republican Senator Alan K. Simpson, who first met Mineta while visiting an internment camp . The third co-sponsor was California Senator Pete Wilson . The bill was supported by the majority of Democrats in Congress, while the majority of Republicans voted against it . The act was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan . </P> <P> The act granted each surviving internee about US $20,000 in compensation (or, $40,000 after inflation - adjustment in 2016 dollars), with payments beginning in 1990 . The legislation stated that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership" as opposed to legitimate security reasons . A total of 82,219 received redress checks . </P>

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