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the liberation of Guam by United States military 
forces, and whose death would have been compen-
sable under the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 
1945 (Public Law 79–224) if a timely claim had 
been filed under the terms of such Act. 
(2) 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 
7305 to have suffered, as a result of the attack and 
occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese military 
forces during World War II, or incident to the lib-
eration of Guam by United States military forces, 
any of the following: 
(A) Rape or severe personal injury (such 
as loss of a limb, dismemberment, or paralysis). 
(B) Forced labor or a personal injury not 
under subparagraph (A) (such as disfigure-
ment, scarring, or burns). 
(C) Forced march, internment, or hiding 
to evade internment. 
(3) DEFINITIONS OF SEVERE PERSONAL INJU-
RIES AND PERSONAL INJURIES.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall pro-
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mulgate regulations to specify the injuries that con-
stitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury 
for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec-
tively, of paragraph (2). 
SEC. 7305. ADJUDICATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission shall adjudicate claims and deter-
mine the eligibility of individuals for payments under 
section 7304. 
(2) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
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 title. 
(b) CLAIMS SUBMITTED FOR PAYMENTS.— 
(1) SUBMITTAL
OF
CLAIM.—For purposes of 
subsection (a)(1) and subject to paragraph (2), the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission may not de-
termine an individual is eligible for a payment under 
section 7304 unless the individual submits to the 
Commission a claim in such manner and form and 
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containing such information as the Commission 
specifies. 
(2) FILING PERIOD FOR CLAIMS AND NOTICE.— 
(A) FILING PERIOD.—An individual filing 
a claim for a payment under section 7304 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 (B). 
(B) NOTICE OF FILING PERIOD.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission shall publish a notice of the dead-
line for filing a claim described in subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) in the Federal Register; and 
(ii) in newspaper, radio, and television 
media in Guam. 
(3) ADJUDICATORY
DECISIONS.—The decision 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission on 
each claim filed under this title shall— 
(A) be by majority vote; 
(B) be in writing; 
(C) state the reasons for the approval or 
denial of the claim; and 
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(D) if approved, state the amount of the 
payment awarded and the distribution, if any, 
to be made of the payment. 
(4) DEDUCTIONS IN PAYMENT.—The Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission shall deduct, from a 
payment made to a compensable Guam victim or 
survivors of a compensable Guam decedent under 
this section, amounts paid to such victim or sur-
vivors under the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 
1945 (Public Law 79–224) before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(5) INTEREST.—No interest shall be paid on 
payments made by the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission under section 7304. 
(6) LIMITED
COMPENSATION
FOR
PROVISION 
OF REPRESENTATIONAL SERVICES.— 
(A) 
LIMIT
ON
COMPENSATION.—Any 
agreement under which an individual who pro-
vided representational services to an individual 
who filed a claim for a payment under this title 
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 void. 
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(B) PENALTIES.—Whoever demands or re-
ceives any compensation in excess of the 
amount allowed under subparagraph (A) shall 
be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned 
not more than one year, or both. 
(7) APPEALS AND FINALITY.—Objections and 
appeals of decisions of the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment 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. 
(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 7304. 
(9) TREATMENT
OF
AFFIDAVITS.—For pur-
poses of section 7304 and subject to paragraph (2), 
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 indi-
vidual for payment under such section as estab-
lishing a prima facie case of the eligibility of the in-
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