I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1595 
To implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims Review 
Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2005 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
LANTOS, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. HONDA, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. RENZI, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. ISSA, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MILLER of Flor-
ida, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. ALEXANDER, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. KIND, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. WU, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CASE, Mr. SCOTT of 
Georgia, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims 
Review Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
Sec. 3. Recognition of the suffering and loyalty of the residents of Guam. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
Sec. 5. Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Fund. 
Sec. 6. Payments for death. 
Sec. 7. Payments for personal injury, forced labor, forced march, and intern-
ment. 
Sec. 8. Adjudication. 
Sec. 9. Guam World War II Remembrance Trust Fund. 
Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) acknowledge the suffering of the residents 
of Guam as a result of the occupation of Guam in 
World War II by Imperial Japanese military forces; 
(2) acknowledge the steadfast loyalty to the 
United States of the residents of Guam as a result 
of the occupation of Guam in World War II by Im-
perial Japanese military forces; 
(3) compensate surviving relatives for the 
deaths of residents of Guam as a result of the occu-
pation of Guam in World War II by Imperial Japa-
nese military forces; 
(4) compensate persons who themselves suf-
fered personal injury (including rape and malnutri-
tion), forced labor, forced march, or internment as 
a result of the occupation of Guam in World War II 
by Imperial Japanese military forces; and 
(5) establish a trust fund to sponsor research 
and educational activities regarding the wartime oc-
cupation and liberation of Guam, scholarships, med-
ical facilities, and other benefits for the people of 
Guam. 
SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF THE SUFFERING AND LOYALTY 
OF THE RESIDENTS OF GUAM. 
(a) RECOGNITION OF THE SUFFERING OF THE RESI-
DENTS OF GUAM.—The United States of America recog-
nizes that, as described by the Guam War Claims Review 
Commission, the residents of Guam, on account of their 
United States nationality, suffered unspeakable harm as 
a result of the occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese 
military forces during World War II, by being subjected 
to death, personal injury (including rape and malnutri-
tion), forced labor, forced march, or internment. 
(b) RECOGNITION OF THE LOYALTY OF THE RESI-
DENTS OF GUAM.—The United States of America forever 
will be grateful to the residents of Guam for their stead-
fast loyalty to the United States of America, as dem-
onstrated by the countless acts of courage they performed 
despite the threat of death or great bodily harm they faced
at the hands of the Imperial Japanese military forces that 
occupied Guam during World War II. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition 
Commission established under section 8(a)(1). 
(3) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Fund es-
tablished under section 5(a). 
(4) TRUST
FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 
means the Guam World War II Remembrance Trust 
Fund established under section 9(a). 
(5) ELIGIBLE
SURVIVOR.—The term ‘‘eligible 
survivor’’— 
(A) as used in section 6, means the spouse, 
child, or parent, respectively in this order of 
priority, who is identified as an eligible suc-
cessor claimant in section 5(d) of title I of the 
War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2004(d)); and
(B) as used in section 7, means the 
spouse, child, or parent, respectively in this 
order of priority— 
(i) who is identified as an eligible suc-
cessor claimant in section 5(d) of title I of 
the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2004(d)); and 
(ii) who is living in the year 1990. 
SEC. 5. GUAM WORLD WAR II LOYALTY RECOGNITION 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be established in 
the Treasury of the United States the Guam World War 
II Loyalty Recognition Fund. 
(b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report to Con-
gress, not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal 
year, on the financial condition of the Fund and the re-
sults of operations of the Fund during the preceding fiscal 
year, and on the expected financial condition and oper-
ations of the the Fund during the current fiscal year. 
(c) INVESTMENTS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
invested in accordance with section 9702 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall terminate 
the Fund three years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or one year following the disbursement of all pay-
ments from the Fund, as authorized by this Act, whichever 
occurs later. On the date the Fund is terminated, all in-
vestments of amounts in the Fund shall be liquidated by 
the Secretary and the proceeds thereof deposited in the 
Fund, and all moneys remaining in the Fund shall be de-
posited in the miscellaneous receipts account in the Treas-
ury. 
SEC. 6. PAYMENTS FOR DEATH. 
The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of 
funds appropriated for the Fund and after receipt of cer-
tification pursuant to section 8(b)(7), pay the sum of 
$25,000 for distribution to the eligible survivor or among 
the eligible survivors of each resident of Guam who died 
or was killed 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, and whose death would have been 
compensable under the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 
1945 (Public Law 79–224) and the implementing regula-
tions issued by the United States Navy pursuant thereto. 
SEC. 7. PAYMENTS FOR PERSONAL INJURY, FORCED 
LABOR, FORCED MARCH, AND INTERNMENT. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall, subject to the 
availability of funds appropriated for the Fund and after 
receipt of certification pursuant to section 8(b)(7), pay the