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August 10, 1988 CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988 Sponsored by Representave NormanMineta, Senator Alan Simpson, and Senator Pete Wilson, the Civil Liberes Act of 1988 provided reparaon payments of approximately $20,000 to the surviving Japanese Americans who had been interned by the federal government duringWorldWar II. The law recognized and apologized for the fundamental injusce of the internment policy and provided funding for public educaon about the internment as well as providing restuon to those interned. Sen. SparkMatsunaga, Rep. NormanMineta, Rep. Patricia Saiki, Sen. PeteWilson, Rep. Don Young, Rep. RobertMatsui, Rep. Bill Lowery, and Japanese American Cizens League President Harry Kajihara watch as President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberes Act of 1988. July 26, 1990 AMERICANSWITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 The Americans with Disabilies Act of 1990 provides similar protecons against discriminaon to Americans with disabilies as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, whichmade discriminaon based on race, religion, sex, naonal origin, and other characteriscs illegal. The law specifically prohibits discriminaon against people with disabilies in employment, transporta- on, public accommodaon, communicaons, and governmental acvies. SUMMER 2012 THE CAPITOL DOME 23 1987 1988 1989 1990 RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY