Title: Occupation of Guam Remembrance Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Occupation of Guam Remembrance Act
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) of the Department of the Interior to maintain the memorial wall of the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam.
The bill requires the NPS to:
The NPS shall convey to Guam approximately one acre of identified federal land for public use.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6381 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6381

To memorialize victims and survivors of the occupation of Guam, provide 
     for additional development at the War in the Pacific National 
                Historical Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2018

 Ms. Bordallo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To memorialize victims and survivors of the occupation of Guam, provide 
     for additional development at the War in the Pacific National 
                Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Occupation of Guam Remembrance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) In August 1978, Public Law 95-348 (section 6; 16 U.S.C. 
        410dd) established the War in the Pacific National Historical 
        Park on Guam.
            (2) In December 1993, section 3(b)(1) of Public Law 103-197 
        (16 U.S.C. 410dd(l)) authorized the construction of a memorial 
        wall at the Asan Bay Overlook in the War in the Pacific 
        National Historical Park, commemorating the loyalty of the 
        people of Guam during World War II and the heroism of the 
        American forces that liberated Guam from occupation by Imperial 
        Japan.
            (3) In December 2002, the Guam War Claims Review Commission 
        Act (Public Law 107-333) established the Guam War Claims Review 
        Commission to--
                    (A) review the facts and circumstances surrounding 
                the implementation and administration of the Guam 
                Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-224); and
                    (B) advise on additional compensation to the people 
                of Guam for death, personal injury, forced labor, 
                forced march, and internment by occupying Imperial 
                Japanese military forces between December 8, 1941, and 
                July 21, 1944.
            (4) In December 2016, the Guam World War II Loyalty 
        Recognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 114-328), provided 
        for war claim payments to victims and survivors of the 
        occupation of Guam by Imperial Japan.
            (5) In June 2018, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
        began reviewing war claims submitted on behalf of victims and 
        survivors of the occupation of Guam and their families, 
        pursuant to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act 
        (title XVII of Public Law 114-328).

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN MEMORIAL WALL.

    (a) Authorities and Duties of the Secretary.--The Secretary--
            (1) shall maintain the memorial wall, including correcting 
        and updating the names of those eligible to be listed on the 
        memorial wall; and
            (2) shall notify the delegate to the United States House of 
        Representatives from Guam and the Governor of Guam of any 
        proposed revisions or additions to the memorial wall not less 
        than 1 month before any revisions or additions are made.
    (b) Addition of War Claimant Names.--In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall--
            (1) add the names of all ``compensable Guam decedents'' and 
        ``compensable Guam victims'' submitted to the Foreign Claims 
        Settlement Commission pursuant to section 1705(b)(8) of the 
        Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act (title XVII of Public 
        Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 1621 note), if such names do not appear 
        on the wall on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) inform individuals who submitted claims to the Foreign 
        Claims Settlement Commission under the Guam World War II 
        Loyalty Recognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 114-328; 22 
        U.S.C. 1621 note) that the name of each ``compensable Guam 
        decedent'' or ``compensable Guam victim'' submitted by the 
        respective individual to the Commission--
                    (A) appears on the memorial wall already, and 
                provide additional relevant information as appropriate; 
                or
                    (B) will be added to the memorial wall pursuant to 
                paragraph (1).
    (c) War Claimant Information.--The Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission shall provide such information as is necessary for the 
Secretary to carry out this section.
    (d) Revisions to Names Listed.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) publish the names listed on the memorial wall on a 
        publicly accessible website of the National Park Service;
            (2) publish the names to be added to or revised on the 
        memorial wall, at a future date to be determined by the 
        Secretary, on such website; and
            (3) provide a mechanism on such website for individuals to 
        request that names listed on the memorial wall be revised to 
        ensure accuracy or added to the memorial wall if such 
        individuals--
                    (A) demonstrate a legitimate reason, as determined 
                by the Secretary, for such listed names to be revised 
                or added; and
                    (B) submit appropriate documentation including 
                affidavits, as determined by the Secretary, to 
                substantiate the revision or addition requested.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Compensable guam decedents.--The term ``compensable 
        Guam decedents'' has the meaning given that term by the Guam 
        World War II Loyalty Recognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 
        114-328; 22 U.S.C. 1621 note).
            (2) Compensable guam victims.--The term ``compensable Guam 
        victims'' has the meaning given that term by the Guam World War 
        II Loyalty Recognition Act (title XVII of Public Law 114-328; 
        22 U.S.C. 1621 note).
            (3) Government of guam.--The term ``Government of Guam'' 
        has the meaning given that term by the Organic Act of Guam (48 
        U.S.C. 1421 et seq.).
            (4) Memorial wall.--The term ``memorial wall'' means the 
        Asan Bay Overlook Memorial Wall authorized to be constructed 
        under section 3(b)(1) of Public Law 103-197 (16 U.S.C. 
        410dd(l)), and located in the War in the Pacific National 
        Historical Park on Guam established under section 6 of Public 
        Law 95-348 (16 U.S.C. 410dd).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    Section 1707 of the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act 
(title XVII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Memorial Wall.--The Secretary may award grants under 
subsection (a) (and, when grant recipients acceptable to the Secretary 
are not available for this purpose, may directly use funds made 
available for such grants) to correct and update the names of those 
eligible to be listed on, and other activities related to updating and 
maintaining, the Asan Bay Overlook Memorial Wall authorized to be 
constructed under section 3(b)(1) of Public Law 103-197.''.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) section 6 of Public Law 95-348 (16 U.S.C. 410dd(i)) 
        directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
        National Park Service, to employ and train residents of Guam or 
        the Northern Mariana Islands to develop, maintain, and 
        administer the War in the Pacific National Historical Park; and
            (2) the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
        National Park Service, should increase efforts to recruit, 
        hire, and train Guam residents as employees at the War in the 
        Pacific National Historical Park pursuant to the directive in 
        such section.

SEC. 6. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.

    The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the 
National Park Service, may appoint, without regard to the provisions of 
subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, other than sections 3303 and 
3328 of such title, a qualified candidate directly to for any future 
vacant position at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park for 
which the candidate meets Office of Personnel Management qualification 
standards.

SEC. 7. LAND CONVEYANCE TO GOVERNMENT OF GUAM.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date on 
which the Guam Waterworks Authority submits a written request to the 
Secretary, the Secretary shall convey to the Government of Guam for 
public benefit use, by quitclaim deed and without reimbursement, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
approximately 1 acre of Federal land generally described as ``GWA 
parcel of Lot 499'' on the map entitled ``War in the Pacific National 
Historical Park, Guam, Proposed Conveyance and Boundary Adjustment'' 
and dated July 2018.
    (b) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be kept on file and available for public inspection at the 
appropriate office of the National Park Service and available for 
public inspection on a website of the National Park Service. The 
Secretary may correct minor errors in the map.
    (c) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the Federal 
land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary.
    (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The conveyance under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to any other terms and conditions that 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States.
    (e) Required Use; Reversion.--
            (1) Required use.--The Federal land conveyed under 
        subsection (a) may be used by the Government of Guam only for 
        the Guam Waterworks Authority to operate the public drinking 
        water system of the territory of Guam.
            (2) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines that the 
        Federal land conveyed to the Government of Guam pursuant to 
        subsection (a) is not used in accordance with paragraph (1), 
        all right, title, and interest in and to such parcel shall, at 
        the option of the Secretary, revert to the United States.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Section 6 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations 
for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other 
purposes'', approved August 18, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 410dd), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (l), by striking ``herosim'' and 
        inserting ``heroism''; and
            (2) in subsection (n), by striking ``section (l)'' before 
        the final period and inserting ``subsection (l)''.
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