sum of $12,000 to each person, or to the eligible survivor 
or among the eligible survivors of such person, who suf-
fered, as a result of the attack and occupation of Guam 
by Imperial Japanese military forces during World War 
II, or incident to the liberation of Guam by United States 
military forces, one or more of the following: 
(1) Personal injury (including rape and mal-
nutrition). 
(2) Forced labor. 
(3) Forced march. 
(4) Internment. 
(5) Hiding to evade internment. 
SEC. 8. ADJUDICATION. 
(a) GUAM WORLD WAR II LOYALTY RECOGNITION 
COMMISSION.— 
(1) COMMISSION ESTABLISHED.—The Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States 
in the United States Department of Justice shall es-
tablish a commission to be known as the ‘‘Guam 
World War II Loyalty Recognition Commission’’ to 
adjudicate claims and determine eligibility for award 
payments pursuant to sections 6 and 7. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP AND CHAIRMAN OF COMMIS-
SION.—The Commission shall be composed of five 
members, who shall be appointed by the chairman of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, with two members ap-
pointed after consideration of a list of ten nominees 
submitted by the Governor of Guam. The chairman 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall 
designate one of the members of the Commission to 
serve as chairman of the Commission. 
(3) TERMS OF CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS.—The 
chairman and members of the Commission shall 
serve at the pleasure of the chairman of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, with any vacancy in 
the membership of the Commission to be filled in the 
same manner as the original appointment. 
(4) COMPENSATION.—The chairman and mem-
bers of the Commission shall receive compensation 
as provided under section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code, and shall receive reimbursement for 
travel and other expenses incurred in connection 
with their duties as members, or a per diem allow-
ance in lieu thereof, at a level not to exceed that pre-
scribed under the provisions of subchapter I of chap-
ter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(5) STAFF OF COMMISSION; STAFF, FACILITIES, 
AND SERVICES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
(A) STAFF
OF
COMMISSION.—The Com-
mission may, subject to the approval of the 
chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission, appoint and fix the compensation 
and allowances of such officers, attorneys, and 
employees as may be reasonably necessary for 
its proper functioning, which employees shall be 
in addition to those who may be assigned by the 
chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission to assist the Commission in car-
rying out its functions. The Commission may 
also delegate functions to any member, officer, 
or employee of the Commission. The compensa-
tion of officers, attorneys, and employees ap-
pointed pursuant to this subsection shall be set 
in accordance with subchapter III of chapter 53 
of title 5, United States Code, and they shall 
receive reimbursement for travel and other ex-
penses incurred in connection with their duties, 
or a per diem allowance in lieu thereof at a 
level not to exceed the amount of allowances 
prescribed under the provisions of subchapter I 
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) STAFF, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES OF 
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—Officers and employees
of any other department or agency of the Gov-
ernment of the United States or the Govern-
ment of Guam may, with the consent of the 
head of such department or agency, with or 
without reimbursement, be assigned to assist 
the Commission in carrying out its functions. 
The Commission may, with the consent of the 
head of any other department or agency of the 
Government of the United States or the Gov-
ernment of Guam, utilize, with or without reim-
bursement, a facility or service of such depart-
ment or agency in carrying out the functions of 
the Commission. 
(6) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Commis-
sion shall prescribe such rules and regulations as 
may be necessary to enable it to carry out its func-
tions. Such rules and regulations shall be published 
in the Federal Register. 
(7) EXPENDITURE
OF
FUNDS
PERMITTED.— 
Subject to the general supervision of the chairman 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and 
subject to the availability of the funds appropriated 
for payment of the expenses of the Commission pur-
suant to section 10 of this Act, the Commission may
expend such funds as may be reasonably necessary 
to enable it to carry out its functions. 
(b) CLAIMS SUBMITTED FOR GUAM WORLD WAR II 
LOYALTY RECOGNITION FUND.— 
(1) FILING PERIOD FOR CLAIMS AND NOTICE.— 
All claims for a payment described under section 6 
or 7 shall be filed within one year of the publishing 
of public notice in the Federal Register. In addition, 
public notice of the deadline for filing claims shall 
be published in newspaper, radio, and television 
media on Guam. 
(2) ADJUDICATORY
DECISIONS.—The decision 
of the Commission on each claim shall be by major-
ity vote, shall be in writing, and shall state the rea-
sons for the approval or denial of the claim. If ap-
proved, the decision shall also state the amount 
awarded and the distribution, if any, to be made of 
the award. 
(3) DEDUCTIONS IN PAYMENT.—The Commis-
sion shall deduct, from potential awards, amounts 
previously paid under the Guam Meritorious Claims 
Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–224), if the previous 
amounts were of $1,000 or more in the case of 
awards for death, or of $500 or more in the case of 
awards for personal injury.
(4) INTEREST.—No interest shall be paid on 
amounts awarded by the Commission. 
(5) REMUNERATION
PROHIBITED.—No remu-
neration on account of representational services ren-
dered on behalf of any claimant in connection with 
any claim filed with the Commission under this Act 
shall exceed one per centum of the total amount 
paid pursuant to any award certified under the pro-
visions of this Act on account of such claim. Any 
agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and 
void. Whoever demands or receives, on account of 
services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of 
the maximum permitted by this section shall be 
fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more 
than twelve months, or both. 
(6) APPEALS AND FINALITY.—Objections and 
appeals of decisions of the Commission shall be to 
the Commission, and upon rehearing, the decision in 
each claim shall be final, and not subject to further 
review by any court or agency. 
(7) CERTIFICATION
FOR
PAYMENT.—After a 
decision approving a claim becomes final, the chair-
man of the Commission shall certify it to the Sec-
retary for authorization of an award payment de-
scribed under section 6 or 7, as applicable.
(8) RELEASE
OF
RELATED
CLAIMS.—Accept-
ance of payment by an eligible individual shall be in 
full satisfaction of all claims arising under the Guam 
Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79– 
224), the implementing regulations issued by the 
United States Navy pursuant thereto, and this Act. 
SEC. 9. GUAM WORLD WAR II REMEMBRANCE TRUST FUND. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH TRUST FUND.— 
The Secretary shall establish a non-profit corporation in-
corporated under the laws of Guam to be known as the 
‘‘Guam World War II Remembrance Trust Fund’’. 
(b) PURPOSES OF TRUST FUND.—The Trust Fund 
shall be used to— 
(1) receive funds that result from the following 
processes— 
(A) within 90 days after the filing period 
described under section 8(b)(1), the Trust 
Fund is subrogated to the rights before the 
Commission of any person who, while eligible to 
submit a claim for a payment described under 
section 6 or 7, failed to file such a claim; 
(B) the Trust Fund is subrogated to the 
rights of any person to receive an award from 
the Commission if that person states his or her
refusal in writing and files it with the Trust 
Fund; and 
(C) the Trust Fund shall receive from the 
United States Treasury the proceeds of each 
check issued against the Fund that has not 
been cashed after one year from the date of 
issuance of such check; 
(2) sponsor research, educational, and media 
activities, so that the events surrounding the World 
War II occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese 
military forces and liberation of Guam by United 
States military forces, as well as the loyalty of the 
people of Guam, will be remembered, and so that the 
causes and circumstances of this and other wartime 
events may be illuminated and understood; 
(3) grant scholarships; 
(4) provide medical facilities to treat the med-
ical and mental needs of residents of Guam who sur-
vived the World War II occupation of Guam by Im-
perial Japanese military forces; and 
(5) undertake such other public projects, con-
sistent with the foregoing, that would benefit the 
people of Guam. 
(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
(1) MEMBERSHIP
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The 
board of directors of the corporation shall consist of 
three persons appointed by the Secretary for stag-
gered three-year terms from lists of up to five nomi-
nees each that may be submitted by the Governor of 
Guam, the Speaker of the Legislature of Guam, and 
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam. 
All of the nominees shall be residents of Guam, and, 
for the first 10 years of the life of the Trust Fund, 
shall be persons who lived in Guam during the 
World War II occupation of Guam by Imperial Jap-
anese military forces. 
(2) 
MEETINGS
AND
COMPENSATION.—The 
board of directors shall meet one day every three 
months to conduct Trust Fund business, with each 
member being paid $100 for each such meeting. 
(d) EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR; SECRETARY-TREAS-
URER.—The Trust Fund may hire an Executive Director 
and a Secretary-Treasurer of the Trust Fund. 
(e) TERMINATION.—At any time later than two years 
after the conclusion of all adjudications by the Commis-
sion, the Trust Fund shall terminate if the value of the 
assets of the Trust Fund is less than $250,000. The ter-
mination date of the Trust Fund shall be that date which 
is three months after the date on which the value is less
than $250,000. On the date the Trust Fund is terminated, 
all investments of amounts in the Trust Fund shall be liq-
uidated by the Secretary and the proceeds thereof depos-
ited in the miscellaneous receipts account in the Treasury. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to pay amounts awarded under this 
Act and to pay the expenses of the Commission. 
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