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        <text>At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1143.</text>
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        <text>Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 323.</text>
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        <text>Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.</text>
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        <fullName>Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]</fullName>
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        <title>H.R. 1143, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Island National Park</title>
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        <description>&lt;p&gt;Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 13, 2008&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, after the retained use estate at Virgin Islands National Park on the date of enactment of this Act has been terminated and the improvements on such lands have been donated to the United States, to enter into a lease with the person holding the retained use estate on such date for the use of such lands and improvements on terms and conditions determined by the Secretary to be reasonable. </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a lease with CBI Acquisitions, LLC, governing the use of property for the continued management and operation of the Caneel Bay Resort on the island of St. John in Virgin Islands National Park. </p><p>Requires any lease entered into pursuant to this Act to include the property covered by the retained use estate entered into by the Jackson Hole Preserve and the United States on September 30, 1983, (the RUE) and any associated property owned by CBI donated to the National Park Service (NPS). </p><p>Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the terms of the lease agreement; (2) appraisals to determine the fair market value of all property covered by the RUE and any property, including the value, if any, of the surrendered term of the RUE, owned by CBI to be donated, or otherwise conveyed, to the NPS; and (3) compensation to the United States of the property's fair market value rent. Makes 80% of such payment available for expenditure within Virgin Islands National Park. </p> <p>Requires CBI, as a condition of the lease, to relinquish to the Secretary all rights under the RUE and to transfer, without compensation, ownership of improvements covered by the RUE to the United States. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.</title>
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