Title 1 — General Provisions

I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that the native inhabitants of Guam, since its recorded history, have been subjected to incessant control by external colonial powers. I Liheslaturan Guåhan further finds that upon the execution of the bilateral treaty between the two (2) sovereign nat…

(a) Self-Determination. Freedom of a people to determine the way in which they shall be governed and whether or not they shall be self-governed. (b) ‘Native Inhabitants of Guam’ shall mean those persons who became U.S. Citizens by virtue of the authority and enactment of the 1950…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: Repealed by P.L. 25-106:8.

There is established a Commission on Decolonization for the Implementation and Exercise of Guam Self-Determination for the Native Inhabitants of Guam, which shall be composed of eleven (11) members, including the Chairperson: (a) I Maga’lahen Guåhan shall serve as the Chairperson…

The general purpose of the Commission on Decolonization shall be to ascertain the intent of the Native Inhabitants of Guam as to their future political relationship with the United States of America. Once the intent of the Native Inhabitants of Guam is ascertained, the Commission…

The Commission shall create three (3) Task Forces. Each task force shall be composed of seven (7) members, appointed by the Commission, who are advocates for the status for which they are appointed. The three task forces are:(1) Independence Task Force;(2) Free Association Task F…

The three task forces shall draw upon the resources of the Commission on Decolonization, and no later than four (4) months from the date of their appointment, after conducting an extensive study, including input from the COL12302011 IMPLEMENTATION AND EXERCISE OF CHAMORRO SELF DE…

Considering that the majority of the activities of the Commission on Self-Determination have been fulfilled, the office and employees of the Commission on Self-Determination shall also serve as the office and employees of the Commission on Decolonization.

The Commission, in conjunction with the Commission’s task forces shall conduct an extensive public education program, throughout the island, based on the position papers submitted by each task force. (a) The University of Guam and the Guam Community College may be included in the…

(a) The Guam Election Commission shall conduct a ‘Political Status Plebiscite’, at which the following question, which shall be printed in both English and Chamorro, shall be asked of the eligible voters: In recognition of your right to self-determination, which of the following …

If one political status does not receive the majority votes cast in the above plebiscite, a run-off plebiscite shall be held sixty (60) days from the date thereof between the two (2) political status options receiving the highest number of votes.

The Commission on Decolonization shall have, and may exercise, the following general powers in carrying out the activities of the Commission: (a) To acquire, in any lawful manner, any property real and personal, mixed, tangible or intangible - to hold, maintain, use and operate t…

Nothing in this Act shall preclude the activities of the Commission on Self-Determination.

The Nieves Flores Memorial Library shall be the depository of all public records and materials pertaining to political status of the territory of Guam. The Commission on Decolonization and its Office shall transfer all of its official public documents upon completion of its work …

The Commission shall meet regularly on the first Tuesday of every month at 3 p.m. or more often as determined by the Chairperson of the Commission. In the absence of both the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson from a meeting, a quorum of the members shall select an Acting Chair…