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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Back to Work Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS TO RESPOND TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS 
              OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

    (a) In General.--Section 173(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) to the Governor of any State who applies for 
        assistance under subsection (f) to provide employment and 
        training assistance to workers affected by major economic 
        dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple 
        layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
        2001.''.
    (b) Requirements.--Section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Relief for Dislocations Caused by the Terrorist Attacks of 
September 11, 2001.--
            ``(1) Grant recipient eligibility.--To be eligible to 
        receive a grant under subsection (a)(4), a Governor shall 
        submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require. Such application shall contain a certification by the 
        Governor that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 
        contributed importantly to plant closures, mass layoffs of 
        workers, multiple layoffs of workers, or other major economic 
        dislocations in the State.
            ``(2) State administration.--The Governor may designate one 
        or more local workforce investment boards or other entities 
        with the capability to respond to the circumstances relating to 
        the particular closure, layoff, or other dislocation to 
        administer the grant under subsection (a)(4).
            ``(3) Participant eligibility.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An individual shall be eligible 
                to receive assistance described in subparagraph (B) 
                under a grant awarded under subsection (a)(4) if such 
                individual is a dislocated worker and the Governor has 
                certified that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
                2001, contributed importantly to the dislocation.
                    ``(B) Types of assistance.--Assistance described in 
                this subparagraph is--
                            ``(i) employment and training assistance, 
                        including employment and training activities 
                        described in section 134; and
                            ``(ii) temporary health care coverage 
                        assistance described in paragraph (4).
            ``(4) Temporary health care coverage assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Temporary health care coverage 
                assistance described in this paragraph consists of 
                health care coverage premium assistance provided to 
                qualified individuals under this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Qualified individuals.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, a qualified individual is an individual 
                who--
                            ``(i) is a dislocated worker referred to in 
                        paragraph (3)(A) with respect to whom the 
                        Governor has made the certification regarding 
                        the dislocation as required under such 
                        paragraph, and
                            ``(ii) has enrolled in a program for health 
                        care coverage premium assistance established by 
                        the Governor for purposes of this paragraph.
                    ``(C) Provision of assistance.--Health care 
                coverage premium assistance provided under the program 
                established by the Governor for purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) shall be not in excess of 75 percent 
                        of the full amount of the premium for the 
                        health care coverage,
                            ``(ii) shall be provided with respect to 
                        not more than the first 10 months of the period 
                        of dislocation of the qualified individual, and
                            ``(iii) shall be credited against the 
                        premium otherwise owed with respect to the 
                        qualified individual.
                    ``(D) Limitation on entitlement.--Nothing in this 
                subsection shall be construed as establishing any 
                entitlement of qualified individuals to premium 
                assistance under this subsection.
                    ``(E) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) Health care coverage.--The term 
                        `health care coverage' means health insurance 
                        coverage other than coverage under--
                                    ``(I) title XVIII of the Social 
                                Security Act,
                                    ``(II) title XIX of the Social 
                                Security Act (other than section 1928),
                                    ``(III) title XXI of the Social 
                                Security Act,
                                    ``(IV) chapter 55 of title 10, 
                                United States Code,
                                    ``(V) chapter 17 of title 38, 
                                United States Code,
                                    ``(VI) chapter 89 of title 5, 
                                United States Code (other than coverage 
                                which is comparable to continuation 
                                coverage under section 4980B of the 
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or
                                    ``(VII) the Indian Health Care 
                                Improvement Act.
                        Such term also does not include coverage under 
                        a qualified long-term care insurance contract 
                        and health insurance coverage in the individual 
                        market.
                            ``(ii) Premium.--The term `premium' means, 
                        in connection with health care coverage, the 
                        premium which would (but for this section) be 
                        charged for the cost of coverage.
            ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be 
                appropriated $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 for 
                the award of grants under subsection (a)(4) in 
                accordance with this subsection.
                    ``(B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
                to the authorization of appropriations under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) are in addition to amounts made 
                        available under section 132(a)(2)(A) or any 
                        other provision of law to carry out this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) are authorized to remain available 
                        until 18 months after the date of the enactment 
                        of this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS TO PROMOTE SERVICES UNDER THE WORKFORCE 
              INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) In the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United 
        States on September 11, 2001, many workers and their families 
        are dealing with job loss and other effects of an economic 
        slowdown.
            (2) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 was enacted to 
        create the Nation's coordinated workforce development system, 
        under which assistance is provided for workers who have been 
        laid off, including job training assistance.
            (3) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides services 
        such as--
                    (A) one-stop career centers, which provide 
                integrated resources for job seekers and businesses, 
                including job search, job placement services and job 
                referrals to employers;
                    (B) individual training accounts, which are job 
                training vouchers established by local areas and given 
                to individuals to allow them to choose where they would 
                like to receive their job training; and
                    (C) rapid response services, under which States 
                establish on-site offices at affected businesses to 
                make immediate contact with employees and employers to 
                provide assistance in the areas of job search and 
                training activities.
            (4) The Nation's workforce development system is designed 
        to help individual dislocated workers and provide rapid 
        response services in times of mass layoffs or dislocations.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to 
take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment.
Back to Work Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to expand the National Emergency Grant program, for an 18-month period, to include grants to States to provide certain employment and training assistance and temporary health care coverage premium assistance for workers affected by major economic dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Reduction and Energy 
Security Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') was 
        required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 
        and a 1998 consent agreement to determine whether regulation of 
        mercury from electric utility steam generating units under 
        section 112 of the Clean Air Act was appropriate and necessary.
            (2) In a December 2000, regulatory finding, the EPA 
        concluded that regulation of mercury from electric utility 
        steam generating units was appropriate and necessary.
            (3) In 2005, the EPA withdrew its 2000 regulatory finding 
        in favor of a national cap-and-trade system for mercury 
        emissions from electric utility steam generating units, the 
        Clean Air Mercury Rule (``CAMR'').
            (4) CAMR was subsequently challenged in petitions for 
        review filed by 17 States.
            (5) The United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
        Columbia Circuit vacated the rule on February 8, 2008, finding 
        that once the EPA had listed electric utility steam generating 
        units as a source of hazardous air pollutants, it was required 
        by law to proceed with Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
        (``MACT'') regulations under section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
        unless it delisted the source category, under procedures set 
        forth in section 112(c)(9).
            (6) Mercury control technologies for coal-fired electric 
        utility steam generating units have advanced rapidly in the 
        last few years.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to protect public health 
and welfare, and the environment, through mercury emission reductions 
from electric utility steam generating units.

SEC. 3. MERCURY EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

    The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new title:

                    ``TITLE VII--MERCURY REDUCTIONS

``SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Affected unit.--The term `affected unit' means a 
        coal-fired electric steam generating unit (including a 
        cogeneration unit) that--
                    ``(A) has a nameplate capacity greater than 25 
                megawatts; and
                    ``(B) generates electricity for sale.
            ``(2) Cogeneration unit.--The term `cogeneration unit' 
        means a stationary, coal-fired boiler or a stationary, coal-
        fired combustion turbine having equipment used to produce 
        electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, 
        commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential 
        use of energy that produces during the 12-month period starting 
        on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any 
        calendar year after which the unit first produces electricity--
                    ``(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit--
                            ``(i) useful thermal energy not less than 5 
                        percent of total energy output; and
                            ``(ii) useful power that, when added to 
                        one-half of useful thermal energy produced, is 
                        not less than--
                                    ``(I) 42.5 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is 15 percent or more of total energy 
                                output; or
                                    ``(II) 45 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is less than 15 percent of total energy 
                                output; and
                    ``(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, 
                useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy 
                input.
            ``(3) Inlet mercury.--The term `inlet mercury' means the 
        quantity of mercury found--
                    ``(A) in the as-fired coal used by an affected 
                unit; or
                    ``(B) for an affected unit using coal that is 
                subjected to an advanced coal cleaning technology, in 
                the as-mined coal used by the affected unit.

``SEC. 702. MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Annual Limitation for Affected Units.--Except as provided in 
subsection (f), an affected unit in operation before or after the date 
of enactment of this title shall be subject to the following emission 
limitations on an annual average calendar year basis with respect to 
mercury:
            ``(1) Calendar years 2012 through 2014.--For the period 
        beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on December 31, 2014, 
        the less stringent limitation of the following (calculated on a 
        one-year rolling average):
                    ``(A) 80 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 1.60 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
            ``(2) Calendar year 2015 and thereafter.--For calendar year 
        2015 and each calendar year thereafter, the less stringent 
        limitation of the following (calculated on a one-year rolling 
        average):
                    ``(A) 90 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 0.80 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
    ``(b) Averaging Across Units Within a Facility or State.--(1) An 
owner or operator of more than one affected unit at a single facility 
may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual average emission 
limitations under subsection (a) by averaging emissions from all 
affected units at that facility, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units.
    ``(2) An owner or operator of more than one affected unit or units 
within a State may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual 
average emission limitations under subsection (a) by averaging 
emissions from all affected units owned or operated by that owner or 
operator within such State, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units, if all affected units are owned or operated by the same 
entity.
    ``(3) If an affected unit is owned or operated by more than one 
entity, the State in which the affected unit is located shall allocate 
to each such owner or operator an appropriate portion of the generation 
from the affected unit for purposes of averaging emissions pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or (2).
    ``(c) Reference Methods for Measuring Mercury Emissions.--(1) The 
owner or operator of an affected unit shall use any of the following 
methods as a reference method to calibrate the instruments used to 
measure the mercury concentration in emissions from affected units:
                    ``(A) ASTM D6784-02, `Standard Test Method for 
                Elemental, Oxidized, Particle-Bound and Total Mercury 
                in Flue Gas Generated from Coal-Fired Stationary 
                Sources' (Ontario Hydro Method).
                    ``(B) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 29, 
                `Determination of Metals Emissions from Stationary 
                Sources'.
                    ``(C) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30A, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Stationary Sources (Instrumental Analyzer 
                Procedure)'.
                    ``(D) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30B, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Coal-Fired Combustion Sources Using Carbon Sorbent 
                Traps'.
    ``(2) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list of 
permitted methods set forth in paragraph (1) to reflect improvements or 
other developments in the measurement of mercury emissions from coal-
fired electric steam generating units.
    ``(d) Monitoring System.--(1) The owner or operator of an affected 
unit shall install and operate a continuous emissions monitoring system 
(CEMS) to measure the quantity of mercury that is emitted from each 
affected unit.
    ``(2) For purposes of complying with paragraph (1), the owner or 
operator of an affected unit may use--
            ``(A) any CEMS that meets the requirements in Performance 
        Specification 12A (PS-12A), `Specifications and Test Procedures 
        for Total Vapor-Phase Mercury Continuous Monitoring Systems in 
        Stationary Sources';
            ``(B) a mercury concentration CEMS that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 75; or
            ``(C) a sorbent trap monitoring system that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. 75.15 and 40 C.F.R. Part 75, Appendix 
        K, `Quality Assurance and Operating Procedures for Sorbent Trap 
        Monitoring Systems';
            ``(3) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list 
        of permitted monitoring systems set forth in paragraph (2) to 
        reflect improvements or other developments in mercury emissions 
        reduction technologies and mercury emissions monitoring 
        systems.
    ``(e) Excess Emissions.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), 
the owner or operator of an affected unit that emits mercury in excess 
of the applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection 
(a) shall pay an excess emissions penalty determined under paragraph 
(2).
    ``(2) The excess emissions penalty for mercury shall be an amount 
equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of the 
applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection (a). 
Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a pound.
    ``(f) Best Practices.--(1) Effective, January 1, 2015, if the owner 
or operator of any affected unit fails to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2), such owner or operator may 
notify the Administrator of such failure prior to March 1, 2015, and 
request an alternate emissions limitation for mercury with respect to 
such affected unit. Such owner or operator shall submit to the 
Administrator mercury emissions data measured by a CEMS that complies 
with subsection (d) for evaluation. If the Administrator determines 
that such owner or operator has properly installed and operated such 
CEMS and control technology designed to achieve such annual average 
emission limitation and is unable to meet such limitation, the 
Administrator may, not later than April 1, 2016, establish an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury with respect to such affected unit 
based on the optimal performance of properly installed and operated 
control technology.
    ``(2) With respect to any affected unit, for any year for which an 
alternate emissions limitation for mercury is in place for such 
affected unit, the Administrator may review such alternate emissions 
limitation and impose a more stringent emissions limitation for mercury 
for the subsequent year based on new data regarding the demonstrated 
control capabilities of the type of control technology installed and 
operated at such affected unit.
    ``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an owner or 
operator of an affected unit failing to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2) that notifies the 
Administrator of such failure and requests and alternate emissions 
limitation for mercury pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered in 
compliance with this section (and not subject to any excess emissions 
penalty) for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the 
date such an alternate emissions limitation is implemented.
    ``(B) An owner or operator described in subparagraph (A) shall pay 
an excess emissions penalty, as determined under subsection (e)(2), for 
the period described in such subparagraph, if such owner or operator 
operates or maintains the affected unit, including any associated air 
pollution control equipment, in a manner that is inconsistent with good 
air pollution control practices for the minimization of mercury 
emissions, as determined by the Administrator. In determining whether 
the owner or operator of the affected unit operates and maintains the 
affected unit in a manner that is consistent with good air pollution 
control practices for the minimization of mercury emissions, the 
Administrator may review the emissions monitoring data and operating 
and maintenance procedures of the affected unit and may inspect the 
affected unit.
    ``(4)(A) With respect to any affected unit for which an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury is in place under this subsection, the 
owner or operator of such affected unit that emits mercury in excess of 
such alternate emissions limitation shall pay an excess emissions 
penalty determined under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) The excess emissions penalty for mercury for an owner or 
operator of an affected unit described in subparagraph (A) shall be an 
amount equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of 
the alternate emissions limitation for mercury in place for such 
affected unit. Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a 
pound.
    ``(g) Sole Limitation on Mercury.--This title shall apply the sole 
emission standard or limitation under this Act with regard to the 
emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units and 
shall supersede any other such requirement under section 112 or any 
other provision of this Act.
    ``(h) Relationship to Other Law.--Except as otherwise specifically 
provided in this title, nothing in this title precludes a State or 
political subdivision of a State from adopting or enforcing any 
additional requirements for the control or abatement of mercury 
emissions, except that no State or political subdivision thereof shall 
adopt or attempt to enforce any standard relating to the reduction or 
control of mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating 
units that is less stringent than the standards provided in this 
title.''.
Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2014; and (2) 90% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 0.8 pounds of mercury per trillion Btu of input coal by 2015 and each year thereafter.

Specifies methods that owners or operators of affected units are required to use as reference methods in calibrating the instruments used to measure the mercury concentrations in emissions from affected units.

Establishes excess emissions penalties for mercury. Sets forth compliance provisions.

Authorizes: (1) owners or operators of affected units that fail to achieve such limitations to request an alternate emission limitation; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish alternate limitations if the Administrator determines that the owner or operator has properly installed and operated continuous emissions monitoring system and control technology designed to achieve such limitations and is unable to achieve such limitations; and (3) the Administrator, after granting alternate limitations, to impose more stringent emissions limitations in subsequent years. Makes such alternate limitations effective January 1, 2015.

Provides that this Act supersedes any other requirement in such Act with regard to the emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units.

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. Recognition of the suffering and loyalty of the residents of 
                            Guam.
Sec. 3. Payments for Guam World War II claims.
Sec. 4. Adjudication.
Sec. 5. Grants program to memorialize the occupation of Guam during 
                            World War II.
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF THE SUFFERING AND LOYALTY OF THE RESIDENTS OF 
              GUAM.

    (a) Recognition of the Suffering of the Residents 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 Residents of Guam.--The 
United States forever will be grateful to the residents of Guam for 
their steadfast loyalty 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 occupied Guam during World War 
II.

SEC. 3. PAYMENTS FOR GUAM WORLD WAR II CLAIMS.

    (a) Payments for Death, Personal Injury, Forced Labor, Forced 
March, and Internment.--Subject to section 6(a), after receipt of 
certification pursuant to section 4(b)(8) and in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make 
payments as follows:
            (1) Residents injured.--The Secretary shall pay compensable 
        Guam victims who are not deceased before any payments are made 
        to individuals described in paragraphs (2) and (3) as follows:
                    (A) If the victim has suffered an injury described 
                in subsection (c)(2)(A), $15,000.
                    (B) If the victim is not described in subparagraph 
                (A) but has suffered an injury described in subsection 
                (c)(2)(B), $12,000.
                    (C) If the victim is not described in subparagraph 
                (A) or (B) but has suffered an injury 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 subsection (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 residents.--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.--Payments under paragraph 
(2) or (3) of subsection (a) to eligible survivors of an individual who 
is a compensable Guam decedent or a compensable Guam victim who is 
deceased shall be made as follows:
            (1) If there is living a spouse of the individual, but no 
        child of the individual, all of the payment shall be made to 
        such spouse.
            (2) If there is living a spouse of the individual and one 
        or more children of the individual, one-half of the payment 
        shall be made to the spouse and the other half to the child (or 
        to the children in equal shares).
            (3) If there is no living spouse of the individual, but 
        there are one or more children of the individual alive, all of 
        the payment shall be made to such child (or to such children in 
        equal shares).
            (4) If there is no living spouse or child of the individual 
        but there is a living parent (or parents) of the individual, 
        all of the payment shall be made to the parents (or to the 
        parents in equal shares).
            (5) If there is no such living spouse, child, or parent, no 
        payment shall be made.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Compensable guam decedent.--The term ``compensable Guam 
        decedent'' means an individual determined under section 4(a)(1) 
        to have been a 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) 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 determined under section 4(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 disfigurement, scarring, or 
                burns).
                    (C) Forced march, internment, or hiding to evade 
                internment.
            (3) Definitions of severe personal injuries and personal 
        injuries.--The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall 
        promulgate regulations to specify injuries that constitute a 
        severe personal injury or a personal injury for purposes of 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of paragraph (2).

SEC. 4. ADJUDICATION.

    (a) Authority of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.--
            (1) In general.--The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
        is authorized to adjudicate claims and determine eligibility 
        for payments under section 3.
            (2) Rules and regulations.--The chairman of the Foreign 
        Claims Settlement Commission shall prescribe such rules and 
        regulations as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its 
        functions under this Act. Such rules and regulations shall be 
        published 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 determine an individual is eligible for a 
        payment under section 3 unless the individual submits to the 
        Commission a claim in such manner and form and containing such 
        information as the Commission specifies.
            (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 Settlement 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 filing 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 writing, 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).
            (5) Interest.--No interest shall be paid on payments 
        awarded by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
            (6) Remuneration prohibited.--No remuneration on account of 
        representational services rendered 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 
        remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section 
        shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 
        12 months, or both.
            (7) Appeals and finality.--Objections and appeals of 
        decisions of the Foreign Claims Settlement 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 chairman 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 purposes 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 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 documentation, except as the Commission 
        may otherwise require. Such material facts shall include, with 
        respect to a claim under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 3(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.--Acceptance of payment 
        under section 3 by an individual 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 decedent 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 thereto, or this Act.
            (11) Penalty for false claims.--The provisions of section 
        1001 of title 18 of the United States Code (relating to 
        criminal penalties for false statements) apply to claims 
        submitted under this subsection.

SEC. 5. GRANTS PROGRAM TO MEMORIALIZE THE OCCUPATION 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 Secretary 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 interpreting 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 such person submits an 
application to the Secretary for such grant, in such time, manner, and 
form and containing 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 
September 30, 2013, to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. 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 obligation until September 30, 2013.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 23, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - (Sec. 2) Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the people of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war and survivors of compensable injured residents (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents).

Defines "compensable Guam decedent" as a Guam resident who died or was killed as a result of the attack and occupation of Guam by Japanese military forces during World War II, or incident to Guam's liberation by U.S. military forces, and whose death would have been compensable under the Guam Meritorious Claims Act of 1945 if a timely claim had been filed.

Defines "compensable Guam victim" as an individual who, as a result of the attack and occupation of Guam by Japanese military forces during World War II or incident to the liberation of Guam by U.S. military forces, suffered any of the following: (1) rape or severe personal injury (such as loss of a limb, dismemberment, or paralysis); (2) forced labor or personal injury (such as disfigurement, scarring, or burns); or (3) forced march, internment, or hiding to evade internment.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury. Authorizes the Commission to adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility.

Requires: (1) claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes public notice of the filing period in the Federal Register; and (2) the Commission to make filing period information available to the public through the media in Guam.

Subjects false claims to criminal penalties.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the World War II occupation of Guam or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during the occupation, or both.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations, which shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2013, for: (1) Guam World War II claims payments and adjudication; and (2) the Guam World War II memorial grant program.