In the execution of its responsibilities under this Chapter, the
Bureau is authorized to perform the following functions:

(a) Grants. To apply for and accept grants, loans, contributions, appropriations and assistance from the Federal government and from any other sources, public or private, and enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith, and include in any contract for financial assistance with the Federal laws as it may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this Chapter and the laws of Guam;

(b) Contracts. To contract for any professional services if such work or services cannot satisfactorily be performed by its employees;

(c) Studies. To conduct, or cause to be conducted, investigations, studies, surveys, research and analysis relating to physical, human, social, and economic development of Guam and to publish the results thereof;

(d) Policies. To develop and recommend territorial policies to foster and promote the improvement of planning activity and development quality;

(e) Private Services. To utilize to the fullest extent possible, the services, facilities and information of public and

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private agencies and organizations and individuals in order that duplication of effort and expenses may be avoided;

(f) Appraise Plans. To review, appraise and make such use as it sees fit of all existing plans, inclusive of the 1978
Kabales Na Planu Para Guåhan, and those presently being
prepared;

(g) Data Bank. To develop an information system and data bank for the continual collection and storage of public information needed or utilized in the development plan process; and

(h) Annual Report. To report to the Governor and the Legislature of its annual progress and of its fiscal year activities no later than January 30 of each year.

(i) Statistics. To conduct research and to disseminate statistical findings relative to producing data needed for economic and social planning on Guam.

(j) Agriculture Data Collection. The Bureau shall separate data collected relative to the types and amounts of all produce imported into Guam, and report such data on a quarterly and annual basis. Such data shall be posted on the Bureau’s website and the Department of Agriculture’s website, to include the poundage of each type of produce. The Bureau shall also collect data on a quarterly basis on all government procurement of local produce by the Department of Education, the Department of Youth Affairs, the Department of Corrections, the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Government House, and any other government agencies involved in such procurement. This data should be made available to the media. Copies of the posting in printed format shall be made available at the Department of Agriculture’s offices. All departments and agencies that handle documents containing information on the data required to be collected and published herein shall cooperate with the Bureau to ensure the completion of the reports as required herein.

SOURCE: GC § 62019 reenacted by P.L. 20-147 (Mar. 21, 1990). Subsection (i) added by P.L. 26-076:31 (Mar. 12, 2002) as part of the

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abolishing of the Department of Commerce. Subsection (j) added by P.L.
33-093:2 (Nov. 9, 2015). Subsection (h) amended by P.L. 35-110:5 (Dec.
1, 2020).

§ 1209.1 Additional Duties of the Bureau.

The Bureau shall carry out the following duties in addition to the functions specified in § 1209 of this Chapter:

(a) facilitate cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of the Census in collecting, compiling, analyzing, interpreting and disseminating information concerning demographics, agriculture, housing, manufacturing, businesses and government of Guam in such forms as to be most valuable to Guam’s businesses and industries, and of other places; and to act as the principal receiver, depository and distributor of similar information provided by its national and international counterparts;

(b) assume lead agency functions for the South Pacific Commission and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific;

(c) conduct the census under the auspices of the U.S. Census Bureau;

(d) compile, collect, develop and publish quarterly scientific indices and economic indicators, including, but not limited to, economic growth, trade balances, exports and imports, consumer prices and other information relating to economic conditions;

(e) compile periodically a census of businesses and industries on Guam, and analyze and publish this information in such forms as to be most valuable to Guam’s businesses and industries; and

(f) in the event sufficient funds are not available to the Bureau, to publish all of the material required by this Section; the information gathered shall be published, subject to the following priorities:

(1) consumer prices;

(2) exports and imports;

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(3) trade balances; and

(4) all other information deemed essential to be published.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all information, statistics, or data obtained pursuant to § 1209.1 (d) shall be held in full confidence and not subject to the open government law.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 26-076:43 (Mar. 12, 2002). Subsection (g) added by P.L. 31-226:3 (June 15, 2012). Subsection (b)(1) added as uncodified law by P.L. 32-068:XII:23 (Sept. 11, 2013) and codified by the Compiler, stricken pursuant to P.L. 32-181:XIII:19 (Sept. 5, 2014).

2013 NOTE: Pursuant to the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606, numbers and/or letters were added and/or altered to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha- numeric scheme.