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Terms Used In 1 Guam Code Ann. § 2401

  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
There is hereby established a “”Kumision Guåhan Fine’nana (Guam First Commission) on the Military Mission in Guam”” (the Kumision). The Kumision shall replace and assume the duties of I Maga’lahi’s Civilian- Military Task Force (CMTF) created in Executive Order No. 2006-10 and restructured by Executive Order 2008-09; the role and duties of the Guam Buildup Office (GBO), also established by Executive Order 2008-09; and those duties as further directed by this Act.

Among other things, the Kumision shall:

(a) Be the government of Guam’s single point of contact for the military expansion;

(b) Act as Guam’s local counterpart to the Joint Guam Program Office (JGPO). All JGPO interaction with the government of Guam shall originate from the Kumision, subject to the laws of Guam;

(c) The Kumision and I Liheslatura is also tasked with monitoring all federal and international activities relative to the military expansion and providing all relevant information to I Maga’lahi and I Liheslatura, including information on federal needs for additional land, and any proposed leases, sub-leases or requests to exchange land or purchase any land owned in the name of the government of Guam.

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1 Guam Code Ann. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CH. 24 KUMISION GUÅHAN FINE’NANA ON THE MILITARY MISSION IN GUAM

Any and all entities of the government of Guam, including, but not limited to, its autonomous agencies, public corporations, the Chamorro Land Trust Commission and the Ancestral Lands Commission, shall notify the Kumision and I Liheslatura within five (5) working days of any proposal, request or inquiry by the federal government or any agent of the federal government, relative to the use or need of any land owned in the name of the government of Guam;

(d) The Kumision will serve as program oversight office for the
Guam Buildup planning and implementation;

(e) The Kumision may manage all operational and administrative support functions for CMTF relative to the buildup as necessary;

(f) The Kumision will serve as the central clearinghouse for all communications and policy directives relative to the buildup, providing policy synchronization, oversight, and integration planning for the Guam Buildup; and

(g) The Kumision shall monitor all policies, plans and activities relative to the buildup from the U. S. Federal Government, U.S. Congress, DOD, the local government, I Liheslatura (Legislature), or any other organization regarding all relevant developments relative to the Guam Buildup.

SOURCE: Subsection (c) amended by P.L. 30-021:2 (May 1, 2009).