Foreign Claims Settlement Commission may not de-
termine an individual is eligible for a payment under 
section 3 unless the individual submits to the Com-
mission a claim in such manner and form and con-
taining such information as the Commission speci-
fies. 
(2) FILING PERIOD FOR CLAIMS AND NOTICE.— 
All claims for a payment under section 3 shall be 
filed within one year after the Foreign Claims Set-
tlement Commission publishes public notice of the 
filing period in the Federal Register. The Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission shall provide for the 
notice required under the previous sentence not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. In addition, the Commission shall cause to 
be publicized the public notice of the deadline for fil-
ing claims in newspaper, radio, and television media 
on Guam. 
(3) ADJUDICATORY
DECISIONS.—The decision 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission on 
each claim shall be by majority vote, shall be in writ-
ing, and shall state the reasons for the approval or 
denial of the claim. If approved, the decision shall 
also state the amount of the payment awarded and 
the distribution, if any, to be made of the payment. 
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(4) DEDUCTIONS IN PAYMENT.—The Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission shall deduct, from 
potential payments, amounts previously paid under 
the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 (Public 
Law 79–224). 
(5) INTEREST.—No interest shall be paid on 
payments awarded by the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission. 
(6) 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 Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission under this Act shall exceed one percent 
of the total amount paid pursuant to any payment 
certified under the provisions 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 remunera-
tion in excess of the maximum permitted by this sec-
tion shall be fined not more than $5,000 or impris-
oned not more than 12 months, 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 
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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 it to the Secretary of the Treasury for 
authorization of a payment under section 3. 
(9) TREATMENT
OF
AFFIDAVITS.—For pur-
poses of section 3 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 eligibility of such individual 
for payment under such section as establishing a 
prima facie case of the individual’s eligibility for 
such payment without the need for further docu-
mentation, except as the Commission may otherwise 
require. Such material facts shall include, with re-
spect to a claim under paragraph (2) or (3) of sec-
tion 3(a), a detailed description of the injury or 
other circumstance supporting the claim involved, in-
cluding the level of payment sought. 
(10) RELEASE OF RELATED CLAIMS.—Accept-
ance of payment under section 3 by an individual for 
a claim related to a compensable Guam decedent or 
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a compensable Guam victim shall be in full satisfac-
tion of all claims related to such decedent or victim, 
respectively, arising under the Guam Meritorious 
Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–224), the imple-
menting regulations issued by the United States 
Navy pursuant thereto, or this Act. 
(11) PENALTY FOR FALSE CLAIMS.—The provi-
sions of section 1001 of title 18 of the United States 
Code (relating to criminal penalties for false state-
ments) apply to claims submitted under this sub-
section. 
SEC. 5. GRANTS PROGRAM TO MEMORIALIZE THE OCCUPA-
TION OF GUAM DURING WORLD WAR II. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to section 6(b) and in 
accordance with this section, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall establish a grants program under which the Sec-
retary shall award grants for research, educational, and 
media activities that memorialize the events surrounding 
the occupation of Guam during World War II, honor the 
loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation, or 
both, for purposes of appropriately illuminating and inter-
preting the causes and circumstances of such occupation 
and other similar occupations during a war. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
not award to a person a grant under subsection (a) unless 
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such person 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. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GUAM WORLD WAR II CLAIMS PAYMENTS AND 
ADJUDICATION.—For purposes of carrying out sections 3 
and 4, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$126,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, to the Foreign Claims Settlement Com-
mission. Not more than 5 percent of funds made available 
under this subsection shall be used for administrative 
costs. 
(b) GUAM WORLD WAR II GRANTS PROGRAM.—For 
purposes of carrying out section 5, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $5,000,000, to remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2013. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 23, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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