upon rehearing, the decision in each claim shall be 
final, and not subject to further review by any court 
or agency. 
(8) CERTIFICATIONS FOR PAYMENT.—After a 
decision approving a claim becomes final, the Chair-
man of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
shall certify such decision to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for authorization of a payment under sec-
tion 4. 
(9) TREATMENT
OF
AFFIDAVITS.—For pur-
poses of section 4 and subject to paragraph (2), the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall treat a 
claim that is accompanied by an affidavit of an indi-
vidual that attests to all of the material facts re-
quired for establishing the eligibility of such indi-
vidual for payment under such section as estab-
lishing a prima facie case of the eligibility of the in-
dividual for such payment without the need for fur-
ther documentation, except as the Commission may 
otherwise require. Such material facts shall include, 
with respect to a claim for a payment made under 
section 4(a), a detailed description of the injury or 
other circumstance supporting the claim involved, in-
cluding the level of payment sought. 
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(10) RELEASE OF RELATED CLAIMS.—Accept-
ance of a payment under section 4 by an individual 
for a claim related to a compensable Guam decedent 
or a compensable Guam victim shall be in full satis-
faction of all claims related to such decedent or vic-
tim, respectively, arising under the Guam Meri-
torious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–224), 
the implementing regulations issued by the United 
States Navy pursuant to such Act (Public Law 79– 
224), or this Act. 
SEC. 6. GRANTS PROGRAM TO MEMORIALIZE THE OCCUPA-
TION OF GUAM DURING WORLD WAR II. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall establish a grant program 
under which the Secretary shall award grants for research, 
educational, and media activities for purposes of appro-
priately illuminating and interpreting the causes and cir-
cumstances of the occupation of Guam during World War 
II and other similar occupations during the war that— 
(1) memorialize the events surrounding such oc-
cupation; or 
(2) honor the loyalty of the people of Guam 
during such occupation. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
not award a grant under subsection (a) unless the person 
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seeking the grant submits an application to the Secretary 
for such grant, in such time, manner, and form and con-
taining such information as the Secretary specifies. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GUAM WORLD WAR II CLAIMS PAYMENTS AND 
ADJUDICATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
for any fiscal year beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, such sums as may be necessary to enable 
the Commission and the Treasury Department to pay 
their respective administrative expenses incurred in car-
rying out their functions under sections 4 and 5. Amounts 
appropriated under this section may remain available until 
expended. 
(b) GUAM WORLD WAR II GRANTS PROGRAM.—For 
purposes of carrying out section 6, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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