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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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dividual for such payment without the need for fur-
ther documentation, except as the Commission may 
otherwise require. Such material facts shall include, 
with respect to a claim for a payment made under 
section 7304(a), a detailed description of the injury 
or other circumstance supporting the claim involved, 
including the level of payment sought. 
(10) RELEASE OF RELATED CLAIMS.—Accept-
ance of a payment under section 7304 by an indi-
vidual for a claim related to a compensable Guam 
decedent or a compensable Guam victim shall be in 
full satisfaction of all claims related to such dece-
dent or victim, respectively, arising under the Guam 
Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79– 
224), the implementing regulations issued by the 
United States Navy pursuant to such Act (Public 
Law 79–224), or this title. 
SEC. 7306. GRANTS PROGRAM TO MEMORIALIZE THE OCCU-
PATION OF GUAM DURING WORLD WAR II. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall establish a grant program 
under which the Secretary shall award grants for research, 
educational, and media activities for purposes of appro-
priately illuminating and interpreting the causes and cir-
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cumstances of the occupation of Guam during World War 
II and other similar occupations during the war that— 
(1) memorialize the events surrounding such oc-
cupation; or 
(2) honor the loyalty of the people of Guam 
during such occupation. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
not award a grant under subsection (a) unless the person 
seeking the grant 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. 7307. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GUAM WORLD WAR II CLAIMS PAYMENTS AND 
ADJUDICATION.—For the purposes of carrying out sec-
tions 7304 and 7305, there is authorized to be appro-
priated for any fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
actment of this act, an amount equal to the amount depos-
ited into the Claims Fund in a fiscal year under section 
7303. Not more than 5 percent of funds make available 
under this subsection shall be used for administrative 
costs. Amounts appropriated under this section may re-
main available until expended. 
(b) GUAM WORLD WAR II GRANTS PROGRAM.—For 
purposes of carrying out section 7306, there are author-
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ized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.