H.R. 1595 — 110th Congress
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act
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May 9, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
CRS summary
As of May 8, 2007Passed House amended
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 7, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - (Sec. 2) Recognizes the great suffering and steadfast loyalty and courage 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 the following payments for Guam World War II claims: (1) spouses, children or parents of compensable Guam decedents would be eligible for $25,000; (2) compensable Guam victims who were raped or suffered severe personal injury would be eligible for $15,000, those who were subjected to forced labor or suffered personal injury would be eligible for $12,000, and those who were subjected to forced march, internment, or hiding to evade internment would be eligible for $10,000; and (3) eligible heirs of compensable decedents or compensable victims would be eligible for $7,000.
Requires payments to be made to living compensable Guam victims before survivor payments are made.
Defines "compensable Guam decedent" and "compensable Guam victim."
(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement 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.
(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 occupation of Guam during World War II, honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation, or both.
(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations which shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012, for: (1) claims payments and adjudication; and (2) the World War II grants program.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordMay 8, 2007 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Full roll call198 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 288: 121 D · 40 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| PORTER, Jon C. | NV |
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| GILLMOR, Paul Eugene | OH |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| RENZI, Rick | AZ |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| MAHONEY, Tim | FL |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| McCOTTER, Thaddeus George | MI |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| FERGUSON, Michael | NJ |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| MARSHALL, Jim | GA |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| MEEHAN, Martin Thomas | MA |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| BOYDA, Nancy | KS |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| LUNGREN, Daniel Edward | CA |
| MITCHELL, Harry E. | AZ |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| EMANUEL, Rahm | IL |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jerry McNerney | CA |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Ed Perlmutter | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI |
| Bruce L. Braley | IA |
| David Loebsack | IA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Timothy J. Walz | MN |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Peter Welch | VT |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Don Young | AK |
| Mike Rogers | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Darrell Issa | CA |
| Kevin McCarthy | CA |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Gus M. Bilirakis | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| Phil Gingrey | GA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| John Kline | MN |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Cole | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Tim Murphy | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| K. Michael Conaway | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Louie Gohmert | TX |
| Michael C. Burgess | TX |
| Michael T. McCaul | TX |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Nay — 133: 66 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| DAVIS, David | TN |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| DRAKE, Thelma D. | VA |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| ALEXANDER, Rodney | LA |
| AKIN, W. Todd | MO |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| BROWN-WAITE, Virginia | FL |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr. | NY |
| SALI, William | ID |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| KELLER, Richard | FL |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N | CO |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| SCHMIDT, Jean | OH |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| CANTOR, Eric | VA |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| MACK, Connie, IV | FL |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| ALTMIRE, Jason | PA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| FEENEY, Tom | FL |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| JINDAL, Bobby | LA |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| HASTERT, John Dennis | IL |
| DAVIS, Jo Ann | VA |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey C. | KY |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| PENCE, Mike | IN |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins | AL |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Jeff Flake | AZ |
| Trent Franks | AZ |
| Devin Nunes | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Doug Lamborn | CO |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| Vern Buchanan | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Lynn A. Westmoreland | GA |
| Tom Price | GA |
| Steve King | IA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Peter J. Roskam | IL |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Charles W. Boustany Jr. | LA |
| Candice S. Miller | MI |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Tim Walberg | MI |
| Michele Bachmann | MN |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Patrick T. McHenry | NC |
| Virginia Foxx | NC |
| Adrian Smith | NE |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NE |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Scott Garrett | NJ |
| Stevan Pearce | NM |
| Dean Heller | NV |
| Jim Jordan | OH |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Bill Shuster | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN |
| Jeb Hensarling | TX |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| John Abney Culberson | TX |
| John R. Carter | TX |
| Kenny Marchant | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Randy Neugebauer | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Ted Poe | TX |
| Rob Bishop | UT |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
Not Voting — 11: 6 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA |
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