H.R. 44 — 111th Congress

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

Originated in the House · Introduced Jan 6, 2009 · Law

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111th Congress
MeasureTitle
H.R. 3940 · Government Operations and PoliticsTo clarify the availability of existing funds for political status education in the Territory of Guam, and for other purposes.

Latest action

Mar 5, 2009

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

CRS summary

As of Feb 23, 2009

Passed 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 record

Feb 23, 2009 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Full roll call

Passed (299–99)

163 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea299: 131 D · 48 R

MemberPartyState
DICKS, Norman DeValoisWA
BARTLETT, Roscoe GardnerMD
BOREN, Daniel DavidOK
CHANDLER, A. B.KY
CARDOZA, Dennis A.CA
MOLLOHAN, Alan BowlbyWV
WATT, Melvin L.NC
PUTNAM, AdamFL
SESTAK, JoePA
MARKEY, BetsyCO
FALLIN, MaryOK
BRIGHT, Bobby Neal, Sr.AL
ALEXANDER, RodneyLA
BERMAN, Howard LawrenceCA
EHLERS, Vernon JamesMI
GORDON, Barton JenningsTN
KLEIN, RonFL
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.IL
MOORE, DennisKS
ROTHMAN, StevenNJ
BUYER, Stephen EarleIN
SHULER, HeathNC
HARE, PhilIL
WEXLER, RobertFL
REYES, SilvestreTX
RICHARDSON, LauraCA
FRANK, BarneyMA
OBEY, David RossWI
HALL, JohnNY
WILSON, CharlieOH
KAGEN, StevenWI
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'KaneCA
ELLSWORTH, BradIN
SOUDER, Mark EdwardIN
TANNER, John S.TN
MANZULLO, Donald A.IL
BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr.SC
KUCINICH, DennisOH
BIGGERT, Judy BorgIL
DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A.PA
McCOTTER, Thaddeus GeorgeMI
MILLER, BradNC
ORTIZ, Solomon P.TX
KILROY, Mary JoOH
BOUCHER, Frederick C.VA
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.TX
OBERSTAR, James LouisMN
DRIEHAUS, SteveOH
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.FL
CHILDERS, Travis W.MS
TOWNS, EdolphusNY
KOSMAS, Suzanne M.FL
SALAZAR, JohnCO
KISSELL, LarryNC
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.PA
DELAHUNT, BillMA
McHUGH, John MichaelNY
DREIER, David TimothyCA
HINCHEY, Maurice DunleaNY
BERKLEY, ShelleyNV
HARMAN, Jane L.CA
NYE, Glenn C., IIIVA
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.CA
HERSETH SANDLIN, StephanieSD
MASSA, Eric J.J.NY
MARSHALL, JimGA
YOUNG, Charles WilliamFL
DAVIS, ArturAL
REHBERG, DennyMT
BACA, JoeCA
MURPHY, PatrickPA
BOSWELL, Leonard L.IA
TEAGUE, HarryNM
INSLEE, Jay RobertWA
PLATTS, ToddPA
SCHAUER, Mark H.MI
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IVMO
WU, DavidOR
ABERCROMBIE, NeilHI
DAVIS, LincolnTN
McMAHON, Michael E.NY
KILDEE, Dale EdwardMI
COSTELLO, Jerry FrancisIL
ACKERMAN, Gary LeonardNY
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.SC
SUTTON, BettyOH
MINNICK, WaltID
HOLDEN, Thomas TimothyPA
GRIFFITH, ParkerAL
ROSS, Michael AveryAR
CARNAHAN, RussMO
MEEK, Kendrick B.FL
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, IIIND
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.NC
STUPAK, Bart T.MI
KENNEDY, Patrick JosephRI
KANJORSKI, Paul E.PA
SNYDER, Victor F.AR
ADLER, John H.NJ
LUNGREN, Daniel EdwardCA
MITCHELL, Harry E.AZ
BURTON, Danny LeeIN
ARCURI, MichaelNY
HODES, PaulNH
FILNER, BobCA
EDWARDS, Thomas ChesterTX
BERRY, Robert MarionAR
ANDREWS, Robert ErnestNJ
KRATOVIL, Frank M., Jr.MD
DIAZ-BALART, LincolnFL
HALVORSON, Deborah L.IL
GIFFORDS, GabrielleAZ
BONO, MaryCA
MELANCON, Charles J.LA
HILL, Baron P.IN
PAYNE, Donald MilfordNJ
OLVER, John WalterMA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.TX
BAIRD, BrianWA
CARNEY, ChrisPA
Ann KirkpatrickDemocratAZ
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Doris O. MatsuiDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Jerry McNerneyDemocratCA
Jim CostaDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Ed PerlmutterDemocratCO
Jared PolisDemocratCO
Christopher MurphyDemocratCT
James A. HimesDemocratCT
Joe CourtneyDemocratCT
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alan GraysonDemocratFL
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratFL
Kathy CastorDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.DemocratGA
John BarrowDemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Mazie K. HironoDemocratHI
Bruce L. BraleyDemocratIA
David LoebsackDemocratIA
Bill FosterDemocratIL
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Daniel LipinskiDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
André CarsonDemocratIN
Joe DonnellyDemocratIN
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Niki TsongasDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Donna F. EdwardsDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
John P. SarbanesDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Chellie PingreeDemocratME
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Keith EllisonDemocratMN
Timothy J. WalzDemocratMN
Emanuel CleaverDemocratMO
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
G. K. ButterfieldDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Albio SiresDemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Martin HeinrichDemocratNM
Dina TitusDemocratNV
Brian HigginsDemocratNY
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Daniel B. MaffeiDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Paul TonkoDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
Yvette D. ClarkeDemocratNY
Marcia L. FudgeDemocratOH
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Kurt SchraderDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratPA
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Steve CohenDemocratTN
Al GreenDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Henry CuellarDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
Gerald E. ConnollyDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Peter WelchDemocratVT
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Gwen MooreDemocratWI
Ron KindDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Gus M. BilirakisRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
Aaron SchockRepublicanIL
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Mark KirkRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Lynn JenkinsRepublicanKS
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Erik PaulsenRepublicanMN
John KlineRepublicanMN
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Leonard LanceRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Charles W. DentRepublicanPA
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
K. Michael ConawayRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Louie GohmertRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Michael T. McCaulRepublicanTX
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Robert J. WittmanRepublicanVA
David G. ReichertRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV

Nay99: 69 R

MemberPartyState
CASTLE, Michael NewboldDE
SHADEGG, John B.AZ
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.OH
AKIN, W. ToddMO
LINDER, John ElmerGA
BILBRAY, Brian P.CA
JOHNSON, Timothy V.IL
BROWN-WAITE, VirginiaFL
INGLIS, Robert DurdenSC
LEE, Christopher JohnNY
SULLIVAN, JohnOK
BOCCIERI, John A.OH
SCHMIDT, JeanOH
CANTOR, EricVA
BARRETT, James GreshamSC
PAUL, Ronald ErnestTX
STEARNS, Clifford BundyFL
MACK, Connie, IVFL
WAMP, Zachary PaulTN
ALTMIRE, JasonPA
EMERSON, Jo AnnMO
MYRICK, SueNC
DEAL, John NathanGA
DAVIS, Geoffrey C.KY
HERGER, Walter WilliamCA
GALLEGLY, Elton W.CA
PENCE, MikeIN
AUSTRIA, SteveOH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah RobinsAL
TIAHRT, ToddKS
Jeff FlakeRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Duncan HunterRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCA
Tom McClintockRepublicanCA
Doug LambornRepublicanCO
Mike CoffmanRepublicanCO
Bill PoseyRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Thomas J. RooneyRepublicanFL
Vern BuchananRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Lynn A. WestmorelandRepublicanGA
Paul C. BrounRepublicanGA
Tom PriceRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Peter J. RoskamRepublicanIL
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKY
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Charles W. Boustany Jr.RepublicanLA
John FlemingRepublicanLA
Steve ScaliseRepublicanLA
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Michele BachmannRepublicanMN
Blaine LuetkemeyerRepublicanMO
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Gregg HarperRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Patrick T. McHenryRepublicanNC
Virginia FoxxRepublicanNC
Adrian SmithRepublicanNE
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanNE
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Dean HellerRepublicanNV
Jim JordanRepublicanOH
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Robert E. LattaRepublicanOH
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Glenn ThompsonRepublicanPA
David P. RoeRepublicanTN
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
Kenny MarchantRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Pete OlsonRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Ted PoeRepublicanTX
Jason ChaffetzRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublicanWA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY

Not Voting34: 12 D · 9 R

MemberPartyState
LEWIS, Charles JeremyCA
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.CA
CAO, AnhLA
KILPATRICK, Carolyn CheeksMI
WATSON, Diane EdithCA
RADANOVICH, George P.CA
PERRIELLO, TomVA
TAYLOR, Gary EugeneMS
SOLIS, Hilda L.CA
BEAN, Melissa L.IL
SPACE, ZackOH
HOEKSTRA, PeterMI
WEINER, Anthony D.NY
Jackie SpeierDemocratCA
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
John A. YarmuthDemocratKY
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
Carol Shea-PorterDemocratNH
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
John CampbellRepublicanCA
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
John R. CarterRepublicanTX

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