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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6381 
To memorialize victims and survivors of the occupation of Guam, provide 
for additional development at the War in the Pacific National Historical 
Park, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2018 
Ms. BORDALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To memorialize victims and survivors of the occupation of 
Guam, provide for additional development at the War 
in the Pacific National Historical Park, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Occupation of Guam 
Remembrance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) In August 1978, Public Law 95–348 (sec-
tion 6; 16 U.S.C. 410dd) established the War in the 
Pacific National Historical Park on Guam. 
(2) In December 1993, section 3(b)(1) of Pub-
lic Law 103–197 (16 U.S.C. 410dd(l)) authorized 
the construction of a memorial wall at the Asan Bay 
Overlook in the War in the Pacific National Histor-
ical Park, commemorating the loyalty of the people 
of Guam during World War II and the heroism of 
the American forces that liberated Guam from occu-
pation by Imperial Japan. 
(3) In December 2002, the Guam War Claims 
Review Commission Act (Public Law 107–333) es-
tablished the Guam War Claims Review Commission 
to— 
(A) review the facts and circumstances 
surrounding the implementation and adminis-
tration of the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 
1945 (Public Law 79–224); and 
(B) advise on additional compensation to 
the people of Guam for death, personal injury, 
forced labor, forced march, and internment by 
occupying Imperial Japanese military forces be-
tween December 8, 1941, and July 21, 1944. 
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(4) In December 2016, the Guam World War 
II Loyalty Recognition Act (title XVII of Public 
Law 114–328), provided for war claim payments to 
victims and survivors of the occupation of Guam by 
Imperial Japan. 
(5) In June 2018, the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission began reviewing war claims sub-
mitted on behalf of victims and survivors of the oc-
cupation of Guam and their families, pursuant to 
the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act 
(title XVII of Public Law 114–328). 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN MEMORIAL 
WALL. 
(a) AUTHORITIES
AND
DUTIES
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary— 
(1) shall maintain the memorial wall, including 
correcting and updating the names of those eligible 
to be listed on the memorial wall; and 
(2) shall notify the delegate to the United 
States House of Representatives from Guam and the 
Governor of Guam of any proposed revisions or addi-
tions to the memorial wall not less than 1 month be-
fore any revisions or additions are made. 
(b) ADDITION OF WAR CLAIMANT NAMES.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
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(1) add the names of all ‘‘compensable Guam 
decedents’’ and ‘‘compensable Guam victims’’ sub-
mitted to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis-
sion pursuant to section 1705(b)(8) of the Guam 
World War II Loyalty Recognition Act (title XVII of 
Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 1621 note), if such 
names do not appear on the wall on the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(2) inform individuals who submitted claims to 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under 
the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act 
(title XVII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 1621 
note) that the name of each ‘‘compensable Guam de-
cedent’’ or ‘‘compensable Guam victim’’ submitted 
by the respective individual to the Commission— 
(A) appears on the memorial wall already, 
and provide additional relevant information as 
appropriate; or 
(B) will be added to the memorial wall 
pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(c) WAR CLAIMANT INFORMATION.—The Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission shall provide such infor-
mation as is necessary for the Secretary to carry out this 
section. 
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(d) REVISIONS TO NAMES LISTED.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) publish the names listed on the memorial 
wall on a publicly accessible website of the National 
Park Service; 
(2) publish the names to be added to or revised 
on the memorial wall, at a future date to be deter-
mined by the Secretary, on such website; and 
(3) provide a mechanism on such website for in-
dividuals to request that names listed on the memo-
rial wall be revised to ensure accuracy or added to 
the memorial wall if such individuals— 
(A) demonstrate a legitimate reason, as de-
termined by the Secretary, for such listed 
names to be revised or added; and 
(B) submit appropriate documentation in-
cluding affidavits, as determined by the Sec-
retary, to substantiate the revision or addition 
requested. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPENSABLE
GUAM
DECEDENTS.—The 
term ‘‘compensable Guam decedents’’ has the mean-
ing given that term by the Guam World War II Loy-
alty Recognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 114– 
328; 22 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
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(2) COMPENSABLE GUAM VICTIMS.—The term 
‘‘compensable Guam victims’’ has the meaning given 
that term by the Guam World War II Loyalty Rec-
ognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 114–328; 22 
U.S.C. 1621 note). 
(3) GOVERNMENT OF GUAM.—The term ‘‘Gov-
ernment of Guam’’ has the meaning given that term 
by the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421 et 
seq.). 
(4) MEMORIAL
WALL.—The term ‘‘memorial 
wall’’ means the Asan Bay Overlook Memorial Wall 
authorized to be constructed under section 3(b)(1) of 
Public Law 103–197 (16 U.S.C. 410dd(l)), and lo-
cated in the War in the Pacific National Historical 
Park on Guam established under section 6 of Public 
Law 95–348 (16 U.S.C. 410dd). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 4. FUNDING. 
Section 1707 of the Guam World War II Loyalty 
Recognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 114–328; 22 
U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(c) MEMORIAL WALL.—The Secretary may award 
grants under subsection (a) (and, when grant recipients 
acceptable to the Secretary are not available for this pur-
pose, may directly use funds made available for such 
grants) to correct and update the names of those eligible 
to be listed on, and other activities related to updating 
and maintaining, the Asan Bay Overlook Memorial Wall 
authorized to be constructed under section 3(b)(1) of Pub-
lic Law 103–197.’’. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) section 6 of Public Law 95–348 (16 U.S.C. 
410dd(i)) directs the Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, to employ 
and train residents of Guam or the Northern Mar-
iana Islands to develop, maintain, and administer 
the War in the Pacific National Historical Park; and 
(2) the Secretary, acting through the Director 
of the National Park Service, should increase efforts 
to recruit, hire, and train Guam residents as employ-
ees at the War in the Pacific National Historical 
Park pursuant to the directive in such section. 
SEC. 6. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service, may appoint, without 
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regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of 
title 5, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, 
a qualified candidate directly to for any future vacant po-
sition at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park 
for which the candidate meets Office of Personnel Man-
agement qualification standards. 
SEC. 7. LAND CONVEYANCE TO GOVERNMENT OF GUAM. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 6 
months after the date on which the Guam Waterworks Au-
thority submits a written request to the Secretary, the 
Secretary shall convey to the Government of Guam for 
public benefit use, by quitclaim deed and without reim-
bursement, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the approximately 1 acre of Federal land 
generally described as ‘‘GWA parcel of Lot 499’’ on the 
map entitled ‘‘War in the Pacific National Historical 
Park, Guam, Proposed Conveyance and Boundary Adjust-
ment’’ and dated July 2018. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be kept on file and available for public 
inspection at the appropriate office of the National Park 
Service and available for public inspection on a website 
of the National Park Service. The Secretary may correct 
minor errors in the map. 
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(c) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-
tion of the Federal land to be conveyed under subsection 
(a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Sec-
retary. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
conveyance under subsection (a) shall be subject to any 
other terms and conditions that the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 
(e) REQUIRED USE; REVERSION.— 
(1) REQUIRED
USE.—The Federal land con-
veyed under subsection (a) may be used by the Gov-
ernment of Guam only for the Guam Waterworks 
Authority to operate the public drinking water sys-
tem of the territory of Guam. 
(2) REVERSION.—If the Secretary determines 
that the Federal land conveyed to the Government 
of Guam pursuant to subsection (a) is not used in 
accordance with paragraph (1), all right, title, and 
interest in and to such parcel shall, at the option of 
the Secretary, revert to the United States. 
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize 
appropriations for certain insular areas of the United 
States, and for other purposes’’, approved August 18, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 410dd), is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘herosim’’ and 
inserting ‘‘heroism’’; and 
(2) in subsection (n), by striking ‘‘section (l)’’ 
before the final period and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(l)’’. 
Æ 
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