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H.R. 5706: World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act

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H.R. 5706: World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act

Plain summary

World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act This bill establishes in Hawaii (1) the Pearl Harbor National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (NPS) to preserve, interpret, and commemorate the history of World War II in the Pacific; and (2) the Honouliuli National Historic Site as a unit of the NPS to preserve and interpret the history associated with the internment and detention of civilians of Japanese and other ancestries during World War II in Hawaii, the impact of war and martial law on society in the Hawaiian Islands, and the co-location and diverse experiences of Prisoners of War at the Honouliuli Internment Camp Site.

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Official text

World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5706, World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act (2018-10-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5706 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115