<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>
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