,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,bordallo 7for herself1 ,mr4       
,andrews1 ,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,mr4      
,faleomavaega1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4       
,pierluisi1 ,mr4 ,rahall1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1 and
 ,mr4 ,michaud7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to implement the               
recommendations of the ,guam ,war       
,claims ,review ,commission4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,guam ,world ,war ,,ii ,loyalty         
,recognition ,act4  #b4 ,recognition of 
the suffering and loyalty of the        
residents of ,guam  7a7 ,recognition of 
the ,suffering of the ,residents of     
,guam ,the ,united ,states recognizes   
that1 as described by the ,guam ,war    
,claims ,review ,commission1 the        
residents of ,guam1 on account of their 
,united ,states nationality1 suffered   

unspeakable harm as a result of the     
occupation of ,guam by ,imperial        
,japanese military forces during ,world 
,war ,,ii1 by being subjected to death1 
rape1 severe personal injury1 personal  
injury1 forced labor1 forced march1 or  
internment4  7b7 ,recognition of the    
,loyalty of the ,residents of ,guam ,the
 ,united ,states forever will be        
grateful to the residents of ,guam for  
their steadfast loyalty to the ,united  
,states1 as demonstrated by the         
countless acts of courage they performed
 despite the threat of death or great   
bodily harm they faced at the hands of  
the ,imperial ,japanese military forces 
that occupied ,guam during ,world ,war  
,,ii4  #c4 ,guam ,world ,war ,,ii       
,claims ,fund  7a7 ,establishment of    
fund ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury   
shall establish in the ,treasury of the 
,united ,states a special fund 7in this 
,act referred to as the ,claims ,fund7  
for the payment of claims submitted by  
compensable ,guam victims and survivors 

of compensable ,guam decedents in       
accordance with sections #d and #e4  7b7
 ,composition of fund ,the ,claims ,fund
 established under subsection 7a7 shall 
be composed of amounts deposited into   
the ,claims ,fund under subsection 7c74 
7c7 ,payment of certain duties1 taxes1  
and fees collected from ,guam deposited 
into fund  7#a7 ,in general             
,notwithstanding section #cj of the     
,organic ,act of ,guam 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4   
#adba;h71 the excess of--  7,a7 any     
amount of duties1 taxes1 and fees       
collected under such section after      
fiscal year #bjab1 over  7,b7 the amount
 of duties1 taxes1 and fees collected   
under such section during fiscal year   
#bjab1  shall be deposited into the     
,claims ,fund4  7#b7 ,application       
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply after   
the date for which the ,secretary of the
 ,treasury determines that all payments 
required to be made under section #d    
have been made4  7d7 ,limitation on     
payments made from fund  7#a7 ,in       

general ,no payment may be made in a    
fiscal year under section #d until funds
 are deposited into the ,claims ,fund in
 such fiscal year under subsection 7c74 
7#b7 ,amounts ,for each fiscal year in  
which funds are deposited into the      
,claims ,fund under subsection 7c71 the 
total amount of payments made in a      
fiscal year under section #d may not    
exceed the amount of funds available in 
the ,claims ,fund for such fiscal year4 
7e7 ,deductions from fund for           
administrative expenses ,the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury shall deduct from any  
amounts deposited into the ,claims ,fund
 an amount equal to #e per cent of such 
amounts as reimbursement to the ,federal
 ,government for expenses incurred by   
the ,foreign ,claims ,settlement        
,commission and by the ,department of   
the ,treasury in the administration of  
this ,act4 ,the amounts so deducted     
shall be covered into the ,treasury as  
miscellaneous receipts4  #d4 ,payments  
for ,guam ,world ,war ,,ii claims  7a7  

,payments for ,death1 ,personal ,injury1
 ,forced ,labor1 ,forced ,march1 and    
,internment ,after the ,secretary of the
 ,treasury receives the certification   
from the ,chairman of the ,foreign      
,claims ,settlement ,commission as      
required under section #d7;b77#h71 the  
,secretary of the ,treasury shall make  
payments to compensable ,guam victims   
and survivors of a compensable ,guam    
decedents as follows3  7#a7 ,compensable
 ,guam victim ,before making any        
payments under paragraph 7#b71 the      
,secretary shall make payments to       
compensable ,guam victims as follows3   
7,a7 ,in the case of a victim who has   
suffered an injury described in         
subsection 7c77#b77;,a71 #ae1jjj4  7,b7 
,in the case of a victim who is not     
described in subparagraph 7,a71 but who 
has suffered an injury described in     
subsection 7c77#b77;,b71 #ab1jjj4  7,c7 
,in the case of a victim who is not     
described in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b71 
but who has suffered an injury described

 in subsection 7c77#b77;,c71 #aj1jjj4   
7#b7 ,survivors of compensable ,guam    
decedents ,in the case of a compensable 
,guam decedent1 the ,secretary shall pay
 #be1jjj for distribution to survivors  
of the decedent in accordance with      
subsection 7b74 ,the ,secretary shall   
make payments under this paragraph only 
after all payments are made under       
paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,distribution of   
,survivor ,payments ,a payment made     
under subsection 7a77#b7 to the         
survivors of a compensable ,guam        
decedent shall be distributed as        
follows3  7#a7 ,in the case of a        
decedent whose spouse is living as of   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
but who had no living children as of    
such date1 the payment shall be made to 
such spouse4  7#b7 ,in the case of a    
decedent whose spouse is living as of   
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and who had one or more living children 
as of such date1 #ej percent of the     
payment shall be made to the spouse and 

#ej percent shall be made to such       
children1 to be divided among such      
children to the greatest extent possible
 into equal shares4  7#c7 ,in the case  
of a decedent whose spouse is not living
 as of the date of the enactment of this
 ,act and who had one or more living    
children as of such date1 the payment   
shall be made to such children1 to be   
divided among such children to the      
greatest extent possible into equal     
shares4  7#d7 ,in the case of a decedent
 whose spouse is not living as of the   
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
who had no living children as of such   
date1 but who--  7,a7 had a parent who  
is living as of such date1 the payment  
shall be made to the parent2 or  7,b7   
had two parents who are living as of    
such date1 the payment shall be divided 
equally between the parents4  7#e7 ,in  
the case of a decedent whose spouse is  
not living as of the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 who had no      
living children as of such date1 and who

 had no parents who are living as of    
such date1 no payment shall be made4    
7c7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this  
,act3  7#a7 ,compensable ,guam decedent 
,the term compensable ,guam decedent    
means an individual determined under    
section #e to have been a resident of   
,guam who died as a result of the attack
 and occupation of ,guam by ,imperial   
,japanese military forces during ,world 
,war ,,ii1 or incident to the liberation
 of ,guam by ,united ,states military   
forces1 and whose death would have been 
compensable under the ,guam ,meritorious
 ,claims ,act of #aide 7,public ,law    
#gi-bbd7 if a timely claim had been     
filed under the terms of such ,act4     
7#b7 ,compensable ,guam victim ,the term
 compensable ,guam victim means an      
individual who is not deceased as of the
 date of the enactment of this ,act and 
who is determined under section #e to   
have suffered1 as a result of the attack
 and occupation of ,guam by ,imperial   
,japanese military forces during ,world 

,war ,,ii1 or incident to the liberation
 of ,guam by ,united ,states military   
forces1 any of the following3  7,a7     
,rape or severe personal injury 7such as
 loss of a limb1 dismemberment1 or      
paralysis74  7,b7 ,forced labor or a    
personal injury not under subparagraph  
7,a7 7such as disfigurement1 scarring1  
or burns74  7,c7 ,forced march1         
internment1 or hiding to evade          
internment4  7#c7 ,definitions of severe
 personal injuries and personal injuries
 ,not later than #ahj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,foreign ,claims ,settlement ,commission
 shall promulgate regulations to specify
 the injuries that constitute a severe  
personal injury or a personal injury for
 purposes of subparagraphs 7,a7 and     
7,b71 respectively1 of paragraph 7#b74  
#e4 ,adjudication  7a7 ,authority of    
,foreign ,claims ,settlement ,commission
  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,foreign ,claims
 ,settlement ,commission shall          
adjudicate claims and determine the     

eligibility of individuals for payments 
under section #d4  7#b7 ,rules and      
regulations ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,chairman of the ,foreign     
,claims ,settlement ,commission shall   
publish in the ,federal ,register such  
rules and regulations as may be         
necessary to enable the ,commission to  
carry out the functions of the          
,commission under this ,act4  7b7       
,claims ,submitted for ,payments  7#a7  
,submittal of claim ,for purposes of    
subsection 7a77#a7 and subject to       
paragraph 7#b71 the ,foreign ,claims    
,settlement ,commission may not         
determine an individual is eligible for 
a payment under section #d unless the   
individual submits to the ,commission a 
claim in such manner and form and       
containing such information as the      
,commission specifies4  7#b7 ,filing    
period for claims and notice  7,a7      
,filing period ,an individual filing a  
claim for a payment under section #d    

shall file such claim not later than one
 year after the date on which the       
,foreign ,claims ,settlement ,commission
 publishes the notice described in      
subparagraph 7,b74  7,b7 ,notice of     
filing period ,not later than #ahj days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,foreign ,claims ,settlement  
,commission shall publish a notice of   
the deadline for filing a claim         
described in subparagraph 7,a7--  7i7 in
 the ,federal ,register2 and  7ii7 in   
newspaper1 radio1 and television media  
in ,guam4  7#c7 ,adjudicatory decisions 
,the decision of the ,foreign ,claims   
,settlement ,commission on each claim   
filed under this ,act shall--  7,a7 be  
by majority vote2  7,b7 be in writing2  
7,c7 state the reasons for the approval 
or denial of the claim2 and  7,d7 if    
approved1 state the amount of the       
payment awarded and the distribution1 if
 any1 to be made of the payment4  7#d7  
,deductions in payment ,the ,foreign    
,claims ,settlement ,commission shall   

deduct1 from a payment made to a        
compensable ,guam victim or survivors of
 a compensable ,guam decedent under this
 section1 amounts paid to such victim or
 survivors under the ,guam ,meritorious 
,claims ,act of #aide 7,public ,law     
#gi-bbd7 before the date of the         
enactment of this ,act4  7#e7 ,interest 
,no interest shall be paid on payments  
made by the ,foreign ,claims ,settlement
 ,commission under section #d4  7#f7    
,limited compensation for provision of  
representational services  7,a7 ,limit  
on compensation ,any agreement under    
which an individual who provided        
representational services to an         
individual who filed a claim for a      
payment under this ,act that provides   
for compensation to the individual who  
provided such services in an amount that
 is more than one percent of the total  
amount of such payment shall be unlawful
 and void4  7,b7 ,penalties ,whoever    
demands or receives any compensation in 
excess of the amount allowed under      

subparagraph 7,a7 shall be fined not    
more than #e1jjj or imprisoned not more 
than one year1 or both4  7#g7 ,appeals  
and finality ,objections and appeals of 
decisions of the ,foreign ,claims       
,settlement ,commission shall be to the 
,commission1 and upon rehearing1 the    
decision in each claim shall be final1  
and not subject to further review by any
 court or agency4  7#h7 ,certifications 
for payment ,after a decision approving 
a claim becomes final1 the ,chairman of 
the ,foreign ,claims ,settlement        
,commission shall certify such decision 
to the ,secretary of the ,treasury for  
authorization of a payment under section
 #d4  7#i7 ,treatment of affidavits ,for
 purposes of section #d and subject to  
paragraph 7#b71 the ,foreign ,claims    
,settlement ,commission shall treat a   
claim that is accompanied by an         
affidavit of an individual that attests 
to all of the material facts required   
for establishing the eligibility of such
 individual for payment under such      

section as establishing a prima facie   
case of the eligibility of the          
individual for such payment without the 
need for further documentation1 except  
as the ,commission may otherwise        
require4 ,such material facts shall     
include1 with respect to a claim for a  
payment made under section #d7;a71 a    
detailed description of the injury or   
other circumstance supporting the claim 
involved1 including the level of payment
 sought4  7#aj7 ,release of related     
claims ,acceptance of a payment under   
section #d by an individual for a claim 
related to a compensable ,guam decedent 
or a compensable ,guam victim shall be  
in full satisfaction of all claims      
related to such decedent or victim1     
respectively1 arising under the ,guam   
,meritorious ,claims ,act of #aide      
7,public ,law #gi-bbd71 the implementing
 regulations issued by the ,united      
,states ,navy pursuant to such ,act     
7,public ,law #gi-bbd71 or this ,act4   
#f4 ,grants program to memorialize the  

occupation of ,guam during ,world ,war  
,,ii  7a7 ,establishment ,subject to    
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of the   
,interior shall establish a grant       
program under which the ,secretary shall
 award grants for research1 educational1
 and media activities for purposes of   
appropriately illuminating and          
interpreting the causes and             
circumstances of the occupation of ,guam
 during ,world ,war ,,ii and other      
similar occupations during the war      
that--  7#a7 memorialize the events     
surrounding such occupation2 or  7#b7   
honor the loyalty of the people of ,guam
 during such occupation4  7b7           
,eligibility ,the ,secretary of the     
,interior may not award a grant under   
subsection 7a7 unless the person seeking
 the grant submits an application to the
 ,secretary for such grant1 in such     
time1 manner1 and form and containing   
such information as the ,secretary      
specifies4  #g4 ,authorization of       
appropriations  7a7 ,guam ,world ,war   

,,ii ,claims ,payments and ,adjudication
 ,there are authorized to be            
appropriated for any fiscal year        
beginning after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 such sums as may
 be necessary to enable the ,commission 
and the ,treasury ,department to pay    
their respective administrative expenses
 incurred in carrying out their         
functions under sections #d and #e4     
,amounts appropriated under this section
 may remain available until expended4   
7b7 ,guam ,world ,war ,,ii ,grants      
,program ,for purposes of carrying out  
section #f1 there are authorized to be  
appropriated #e1jjj1jjj for each fiscal 
year beginning after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act4