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(E) Accounts providing funding for classi-
fied programs. 
(F) The operating expenses account of the 
Coast Guard. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—A transfer may not 
be made under the authority in paragraph (1) until 
five days after the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense notifies the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the transfer. 
(3) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.— 
Amounts transferred to an account under the au-
thority in paragraph (1) shall be merged with 
amounts in such account and shall be made available 
for the same purposes, and subject to the same con-
ditions and limitations, as amounts in such account. 
(4) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer of an amount to an account under the au-
thority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase 
the amount authorized for such account by an 
amount equal to the amount transferred. 
SEC. 1515. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.—Funds are here-
by authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2010 for expenses, not otherwise 
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provided for, for the Defense Health Program in the 
amount of $1,155,235,000 for operation and maintenance. 
(b) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE.—Funds are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fis-
cal year 2010 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense- 
wide in the amount of $324,603,000. 
(c) DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2010 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense in the amount of $8,876,000 
for operation and maintenance. 
SEC. 1516. LIMITATIONS ON IRAQ SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
Funds made available to the Department of Defense 
for the Iraq Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2010 
shall be subject to the conditions contained in subsections 
(b) through (g) of section 1512 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181; 122 Stat. 426). 
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SEC. 1517. CONTINUATION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF 
UNITED STATES FUNDS FOR CERTAIN FACILI-
TIES PROJECTS IN IRAQ. 
Section 1508(a) of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4651) shall apply to funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this title. 
SEC. 1518. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2010 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority 
of 
this 
section 
may 
not 
exceed 
$4,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as transfers under section 1001. 
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(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer author-
ity provided by this section is in addition to the transfer 
authority provided under section 1001. 
SEC. 1519. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act. 
TITLE XVI—GUAM WORLD WAR II 
LOYALTY RECOGNITION ACT 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Guam World War II 
Loyalty Recognition Act’’. 
SEC. 1602. RECOGNITION OF THE SUFFERING AND LOY-
ALTY OF THE RESIDENTS OF GUAM. 
(a) RECOGNITION OF THE SUFFERING OF THE RESI-
DENTS OF GUAM.—The United States recognizes 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, rape, 
severe personal injury, personal injury, forced labor, 
forced march, or internment. 
(b) RECOGNITION OF THE LOYALTY OF THE RESI-
DENTS OF GUAM.—The United States forever will be 
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grateful to the residents of Guam for their steadfast loy-
alty to the United States of America, as demonstrated 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 occu-
pied Guam during World War II. 
SEC. 1603. PAYMENTS FOR GUAM WORLD WAR II CLAIMS. 
(a) PAYMENTS
FOR DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, 
FORCED LABOR, FORCED MARCH, AND INTERNMENT.— 
Subject to the availability of appropriations authorized to 
be appropriated under section 1606(a), after receipt of 
certification pursuant to section 1604(b)(8) and in accord-
ance with the provisions of this title, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall make payments as follows: 
(1) RESIDENTS INJURED.—The Secretary shall 
pay compensable Guam victims who are not de-
ceased before any payments are made to individuals 
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) as follows: 
(A) If the victim has suffered an injury de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2)(A), $15,000. 
(B) If the victim is not described in sub-
paragraph (A) but has suffered an injury de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2)(B), $12,000. 
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(C) If the victim is not described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) but has suffered an in-
jury described in subsection (c)(2)(C), $10,000. 
(2) SURVIVORS OF RESIDENTS WHO DIED IN 
WAR.—In the case of a compensable Guam decedent, 
the Secretary shall pay $25,000 for distribution to 
eligible survivors of the decedent as specified in sub-
section (b). The Secretary shall make payments 
under this paragraph after payments are made 
under paragraph (1) and before payments are made 
under paragraph (3). 
(3) SURVIVORS OF DECEASED INJURED RESI-
DENTS.—In the case of a compensable Guam victim 
who is deceased, the Secretary shall pay $7,000 for 
distribution to eligible survivors of the victim as 
specified in subsection (b). The Secretary shall make 
payments under this paragraph after payments are 
made under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF SURVIVOR PAYMENTS.—Pay-
ments under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) to eli-
gible survivors of an individual who is a compensable 
Guam decedent or a compensable Guam victim who is de-
ceased shall be made as follows: 
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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) 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 de-
termined under section 1604(a)(1) 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 liberation 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.—The Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission shall promulgate reg-
ulations to specify injuries that constitute a severe 
personal injury or a personal injury for purposes of 
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subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 1604. ADJUDICATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission is authorized to adjudicate claims 
and determine eligibility for payments under section 
1603. 
(2) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The chairman 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall 
prescribe such rules and regulations as may be nec-
essary to enable it to carry out its functions under 
this title. Such rules and regulations shall be pub-
lished in the Federal Register. 
(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 1603 unless the individual submits to the 
Commission a claim in such manner and form and 
containing such information as the Commission 
specifies. 
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(2) FILING PERIOD FOR CLAIMS AND NOTICE.— 
All claims for a payment under section 1603 shall be 
filed within 1 year after the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission publishes public notice of the fil-
ing 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 title. 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. 
(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). 
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(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 title shall exceed one percent 
of the total amount paid pursuant to any payment 
certified under the provisions of this title 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 
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 
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shall certify it to the Secretary of the Treasury for 
authorization of a payment under section 1603. 
(9) TREATMENT
OF
AFFIDAVITS.—For pur-
poses of section 1603 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 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 1603(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 1603 by an individual 
for a claim related to a compensable Guam decedent 
or a compensable Guam victim shall be in full satis-
faction of all claims related to such decedent or vic-
tim, respectively, arising under the Guam Meri-
torious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–224), 
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