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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 7304(a), a detailed description of the injury 
or other circumstance supporting the claim involved, 
including the level of payment sought. 
(10) RELEASE OF RELATED CLAIMS.—Accept-
ance of a payment under section 7304 by an indi-
vidual 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 dece-
dent or victim, respectively, arising under the Guam 
Meritorious 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 title. 
SEC. 7306. GRANTS PROGRAM TO MEMORIALIZE THE OCCU-
PATION 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-
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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 
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. 7307. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GUAM WORLD WAR II CLAIMS PAYMENTS AND 
ADJUDICATION.—For the purposes of carrying out sec-
tions 7304 and 7305, there is authorized to be appro-
priated for any fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
actment of this act, an amount equal to the amount depos-
ited into the Claims Fund in a fiscal year under section 
7303. Not more than 5 percent of funds make available 
under this subsection shall be used for administrative 
costs. Amounts appropriated under this section may re-
main available until expended. 
(b) GUAM WORLD WAR II GRANTS PROGRAM.—For 
purposes of carrying out section 7306, there are author-
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ized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 502 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4909 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activi-
ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes. 
MAY 26, 2016 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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