H.R. 44 — 111th Congress
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act
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111th Congress| Measure | Title |
|---|---|
| H.R. 3940 · Government Operations and Politics | To clarify the availability of existing funds for political status education in the Territory of Guam, and for other purposes. |
Latest action
Mar 5, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
CRS summary
As of Feb 23, 2009Passed House without amendment
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
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.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordFeb 23, 2009 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Full roll call163 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 299: 131 D · 48 R
| Member | State |
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| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| MARKEY, Betsy | CO |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| BRIGHT, Bobby Neal, Sr. | AL |
| ALEXANDER, Rodney | LA |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A. | PA |
| McCOTTER, Thaddeus George | MI |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| KILROY, Mary Jo | OH |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| DRIEHAUS, Steve | OH |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| CHILDERS, Travis W. | MS |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| KOSMAS, Suzanne M. | FL |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| KISSELL, Larry | NC |
| 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 |
| NYE, Glenn C., III | VA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| MASSA, Eric J.J. | NY |
| MARSHALL, Jim | GA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| TEAGUE, Harry | NM |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| SCHAUER, Mark H. | MI |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| McMAHON, Michael E. | NY |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| MINNICK, Walt | ID |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| GRIFFITH, Parker | AL |
| 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 |
| ADLER, John H. | NJ |
| LUNGREN, Daniel Edward | CA |
| MITCHELL, Harry E. | AZ |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| KRATOVIL, Frank M., Jr. | MD |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| HALVORSON, Deborah L. | IL |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ann Kirkpatrick | AZ |
| 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 |
| Jared Polis | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| James A. Himes | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alan Grayson | FL |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | 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 |
| Bill Foster | IL |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| André Carson | IN |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Niki Tsongas | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Donna F. Edwards | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Chellie Pingree | ME |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| Gary C. Peters | 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 |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM |
| Martin Heinrich | NM |
| Dina Titus | NV |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Daniel B. Maffei | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Paul Tonko | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Marcia L. Fudge | OH |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Kurt Schrader | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | 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 |
| Gerald E. Connolly | 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 |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Gus M. Bilirakis | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| Aaron Schock | IL |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Lynn Jenkins | KS |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| Erik Paulsen | MN |
| John Kline | MN |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Leonard Lance | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Cole | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | 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 |
| Rob Bishop | UT |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
| Robert J. Wittman | VA |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Nay — 99: 69 R
Not Voting — 34: 12 D · 9 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| CAO, Anh | LA |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| PERRIELLO, Tom | VA |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| Jackie Speier | CA |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Phil Gingrey | GA |
| Bill Cassidy | LA |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN |
| John R. Carter | TX |
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