Whereas, on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which led to— (1) increased prejudice and suspicion toward Japanese Americans; and (2) calls from civilians and public officials to remove Japanese Americans from the west coast of the United States; Whereas, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 (7 Fed. Reg. 1407; relating to authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe military areas) (referred to in this preamble as Executive Order 9066 ), which led to— (1) the exclusion of all individuals of Japanese ancestry in the United States; and (2) the incarceration of 120,313 United States citizens and lawful permanent residents of Japanese ancestry in incarceration camps during World War II; Whereas President Gerald Ford formally rescinded Executive Order 9066 in Presidential Proclamation 4417, dated February 19, 1976 (41 Fed. Reg. 7741) (referred to in this preamble as Presidential Proclamation 4417 ); Whereas Presidential Proclamation 4417— (1) states that Japanese Americans were and are loyal people of the United States who have contributed to the well-being and security of the United States; (2) states that the issuance of Executive Order 9066 was a grave mistake in United States history; and (3) resolves that actions such as the actions authorized by Executive Order 9066 shall never happen again; Whereas, in 1980, Congress established the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to investigate the circumstances surrounding the issuance of Executive Order 9066; Whereas, in 1983, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians issued a report entitled Personal Justice Denied in which the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians concluded that— (1) the promulgation of Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity