Definitions

When used in this title:

(a)The term “Commission” means the Chamorro Land Trust Commission.

(b)The term “Guam” means Guam.

(c)The term “Chamorro Land Trust property” means all available lands, which includes Chamorro homelands, under the control of the Chamorro Land Trust Commission under the provisions of § 75A105 of this Chapter and § 75105 of Chapter 75.

(d)The [term] “eligible beneficiary” means any person, regardless of race, color, or national origin:

(1)whose land was acquired by the United States government between 1898 and 1968, or descendants of such person; or CH. 75A CHAMORRO LAND TRUST COMMISSION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021

(2)who either occupied, farmed, or ranched land for residential or agricultural purposes for at least one

(1)year immediately prior to that land being acquired by the United States government between 1898 and 1968 or descendants of such person; except that if a person occupied, farmed, or ranched the land on or after December 8, 1941, and the land was acquired at any time after that date and up to 1950, the one

(1)year tenure need not have occurred immediately prior to acquisition by the United States government.

(e)The term “department” means the Department of Land Management.

(f)The term “Suruhana” or “Suruhanu” means a publicly recognized individual who heals through massage and the use of traditional Chamorro remedies that include the use of roots, leaves, bark, plants, and grass and incorporates the cultural healing process.