Sec. 2. Chamorro Registry Program
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The Organic Act of Guam ( 48 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 3 the following: There is established under the Department of Chamorro Affairs the Chamorro Registry Program which shall keep a database to serve as a genealogy bank to verify Native Chamorro ancestry requirements. The President of the Department of Chamorro Affairs shall include in the database the name of any individual who submits to that President a request to be included and a copy of that individual’s birth certificate and direct ancestors birth certificates that demonstrate that one or more of the individual’s direct ancestors resided on Guam before August 1, 1950.
In this section, the term Native Chamorro means an individual who can document that one or more of the individual’s direct ancestors resided on Guam before August 1, 1950. No residency or blood quantum amount shall be required for an individual to qualify as a Native Chammoro under paragraph (1). .
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