Guam § 21001 - Definitions. For Purposes of This Chapter:
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§ 21001. Definitions. For Purposes of This Chapter:
(a) ‘Board’ shall mean the Decolonization Registry Board established
under the Guam Election Commission for the purposes of guiding the
establishment, administration and maintenance of the Guam Decolonization
Registry.
(b) ‘Commission’ shall mean the Guam Election Commission.
(c) ‘Descendant’ shall mean a person who has proceeded by birth, such
as a child or grandchild, to the remotest degree, from any ‘Native Inhabitant
of Guam,’ as defined in Subsection (e), and who is considered placed in a
line of succession from such ancestor where such succession is by virtue of
blood relations.
(d) ‘Guam Decolonization Registry’ shall mean the index of names
established by the Guam Election Commission (‘Commission’) for the
purposes of registering and recording the names of the Native Inhabitants of
Guam.
(e) ‘Native Inhabitants of Guam’ shall mean those persons who became
U.S. Citizens by virtue of the authority and enactment of the 1950 Organic
Act of Guam and descendants of those persons.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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