Legislative Intent and Findings

The Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act, Title XVII, Public Law 114-328, signed on December 23, 2016, authorized the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

(FCSC)to conduct a supplemental war claims compensation program for victims and survivors of the attack and occupation of Guam during World War II. The Act covers claims for death, rape, personal injury, severe personal injury, forced labor, forced march, internment, and hiding to evade internment. Approximately three thousand six hundred forty (3,640) World War II survivors and their families from Guam have filed war claims with the FCSC. I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that special amendments to the Probate Code of Guam are necessary to permit expeditious administration of war claims awards at a minimum cost for Guam’s war survivors who die before receiving the award and their families.