(a) Ancestral Lands shall mean those lands owned privately by residents of Guam on or after January 1, 1930.

(b) Ancestral Lands Title shall mean that right and interest entitling an owner or owner’s descendants or heirs to the repossession of property taken by the United States of America or the government of Guam on or after January 1, 1930, having thereafter been declared excess or, where not declared excess, in exchange therefor.

(c) Ancestral Property Right shall mean the right and interest that a private property owner has in relation to inherited land or lands possessed by private property owner’s ancestor.

(d) Ancestral Title Registry shall mean the registry into which is entered all information pertaining to ancestral land claimants who are granted land title, either by land exchange or land recovery, in exchange for the permanent extinguishment of all claims thereto.

(e) Applicant shall mean any person or persons, legal entity or government, who files a claim in accordance with Chapter 80 of Title 21 of the Guam Code Annotated, and Articles 9 and 9A of Title 12 of the Guam Code Annotated.

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(f) Claims Registry shall mean the registry into which is entered information based on a determination by the Commission that a valid basis exists for an ancestral title claim by an applicant.

(g) Commission shall mean the Guam Ancestral Lands
Commission.

(h) Conditional Awards Registry shall mean the registry into which is recorded information in relation to each determination made by the Commission with respect to an ancestral title and compensation application made by a claimant.

(i) Determination shall mean an administrative ruling by the Commission with respect to an applicant’s request for an extinguishment of an ancestral claim.

(j) Excess Lands Registry shall be a listing of all lands declared excess by the Federal government and acquired by the government of Guam on or after the effective date of this Act.

(k) Just compensation for the purposes of Chapter 80 of Title 21 of the Guam Code Annotated, and Articles 9 and 9A of Title 12 of the Guam Code Annotated, as amended, shall mean only land recovery or land exchange, and shall also mean any other form of compensation other than a specifically described available land.

(l) Original land shall mean the actual specifically described land, in whole or in part, which was confiscated or condemned by the United States of America or the government of Guam on or after January 1, 1930, and have been thereafter declared excess to which a prior private ownership interest held by a resident of Guam on January 1, 1930 was previously attached.

(m) Original landowners registry shall mean the registry into which information pertaining to all lands taken and the names of owners whose properties were confiscated or condemned on or after January 1, 1930.

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(n) Replacement land shall mean land surplus to the Federal government or the government of Guam, and not in public benefit use, or needed for public benefit use, to which no private ownership interest was attached on January 1, 1930, and which may be used as a replacement for original lands confiscated or condemned by the United States government or the government of Guam.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-045:3 (June 9, 1999).