To provide for additional development at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
PL 103-197 (H.R.1944), enacted 12/17/1993

PUBLIC LAW 103-197—DEC. 17, 1993 
107 STAT. 2301 
Public Law 103-197 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To provide for additional development at 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) June 15 through August 10, 1994, marks the 50th 
anniversary of the Mariana campaign of World War II in which 
American forces csiptured the islands of Saipan and Tinian 
in the Northern Marianas and liberated the United States 
Territory of Guam from Japanese occupation; 
(2) an attack during this campaign by the Japanese Impe-
rial fleet, aimed at countering the American forces that had 
landed on Saipan, led to the battle of the Philippine Sea, 
which resulted in a crushing defeat for the Japanese by United 
States naval forces and the destruction of the effectiveness 
of the Japanese carrier-based airpower; 
(3) the recapture of Guam liberated one of the few pieces 
of United States territory that was occupied for two and one-
half years by the enemy during World War II and restored 
freedom to tne indigenous Chamorros on Guam who suffered 
as a result of the Japanese occupation; 
(4) Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard units 
distinguished themselves with their heroic bravery and sac-
rifice; 
(5) the Guam Insular Force Guard, the Guam militia, and 
the people of Guam earned the highest respect for their defense 
of the island during the Japanese invasion and their resistance 
during the occupation; their assistance to the American forces 
as scouts for the American invasion was invaluable; and their 
role, as members of the Guam Combat Patrol, was instrumental 
in seeking out the remaining Japanese forces and restoring 
peace to the island; 
(6) during the occupation, the people of Guam— 
(A) were forcibly removed from their homes; 
(B) were relocated to remote sections of the island; 
(C) were required to perform forced labor and faced 
other harsh treatment, injustices, and death; and 
(D) were placed in concentration camps when the 
American invasion became imminent and were brutalized 
by their occupiers when the liberation of Guam became 
apparent to the Japanese; 
Dec. 17, 1993 
[H.R. 1944] 
Guam. 
Northern 
Mariana Islands. 
16 use 410dd 
note. 
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Monuments. 
Reports. 
(7) the liberation of the Mariana Islands marked a pivotal 
point in the Pacific war and led to the American victories 
at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the south 
China coast, and ultimately against the Japanese home islands; 
(8) the Mariana Islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian pro-
vided, for the first time during the war, air bases which allowed 
land-based American bombers to reach strategic targets in 
Japan; and 
(9) the air offensive conducted from the Marianas against 
the Japanese war-making capability helped shorten the war 
and ultimately reduced the toll of lives to secure peace in 
the Pacific. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) £ui appropriate commemoration of the 50th anniversary 
of the Mariana campaign should be planned by the United 
States in conjunction with the Government of Guam and the 
Grovemment of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands; 
(2) the Secretary of the Interior should take all necessary 
steps to ensure that appropriate visitor facilities at War in 
the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam are expeditiously 
developed and constructed; and 
(3) the Secretary of the Interior should take all necessary 
steps to ensure that the monument referenced in section 3(b) 
is completed before July 21, 1994, for the 50th anniversary 
commemoration, to provide adequate historical interpretation 
of the events described in section 1. 
SEC. 3. WAR IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (k) of sec-
tion 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize appropriations 
for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other pur-
poses", approved August 18, 1978 (92 Stat. 493; 16 U.S.C. 410dd) 
is amended by striking "$500,000" and inserting "$8,000,000". 
(b) DEVELOPMENT.—Section 6 is further amended by adding 
at the end the following subsections: 
"(1) Within the boimdaries of the park, the Secretary is author-
ized to construct a monument which shall commemorate the loyalty 
of the people of Guam and the herosim of the American forces 
that liberated Guam. 
"(m) Within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary is author-
ized to implement programs to interpret experiences of the people 
of Guam during World War II, including, but not limited to, oral 
histories of those people of Guam who experienced the occupation. 
"(n) Within six months after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary, through the Director of the National 
Park Service, shall develop and transmit to the Committee on 
Energy £uid Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
containing updated cost estimates for the development of the park. 
Further, this report shall contain a general plan to implement 
subsections (1) and (m), including, at a minimum, cost estimates 
for the design and construction of the monument authorized in 
section (1). 
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"(o) The Secretary may take such steps as may be necessary 
to preserve and protect various World War II vintage weapons 
and fortifications which exist within the boundaries of the park.**. 
Approved December 17, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1944: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-145 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-98 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
June 21, considered and passed House. 
July 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Nov. 21, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. 
Nov. 22, Senate concurred in House amendment.