Guam § 2402 - Membership of I Kumision.
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§ 2402. Membership of I Kumision.
The Kumision shall be composed of fifteen (15) voting members and
three (3) ex-officio non-voting members:
(a) I Maga’lahi shall serve as Chairperson of the Kumision;
(b) Four (4) members of the Kumision shall be appointed by I
Maga’lahi, of which one (1) shall be a member of the Guam Chamber
of Commerce; one (1) shall be a member of a Chamorro rights
organization who has been selected by the combined memberships of
the various organizations; one (1) shall be a senior citizen who is not
an employee of the government of Guam or the Federal Government at
any time during his tenure on the Kumision, and one (1) shall be a
member of the general public who is not an employee of the
government of Guam or the Federal Government at any time during
his tenure on the Kumision;
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(c) Four (4) members shall represent I Liheslatura, of which one
(1) shall be a member of and be selected by, I Liheslatura’s minority;
one (1) member shall be the Chairperson of the standing committee
with specific jurisdiction over Federal Affairs; one (1) member shall
be the Chairperson of the standing committee with specific jurisdiction
over Military Affairs; and one (1) member shall be appointed by the
Speaker, who may appoint himself;
(d) One (1) member shall be appointed by the Mayors Council
from among the membership of the Mayors Council;
(e) One (1) member shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Guam, who may appoint himself;
(f) One (1) member to represent the youth of Guam shall be
appointed from among the qualified members of the Guam Youth
Congress by the Speaker of the Youth Congress, who may appoint
himself;
(g) One (1) member to represent Fuetsan Famalao’an shall be
selected by the organization from among its membership;
(h) The Administrator of the Guam Economic Development and
Commerce Authority or his designee shall be a member of the
Kumision;
(i) The General Manager of the Guam Visitors Bureau or his
designee shall be a member of the Kumision;
(j) Guam’s Delegate to the United States Congress shall be an
ex-officio non-voting member;
(k) The Chairperson of the Consolidated Commission on
Utilities shall be an ex-officio non-voting member; and
(l) The Adjutant General of the Guam National Guard shall be
an ex-officio non-voting member.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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