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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 57.</text>
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        <title>H.R. 57, An act to repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</b></p> <p>Repeals specified provisions limiting the authority of the U.S. Virgin Islands to assess and collect property taxes.</p> <p>Deems such amendment to have taken effect on July 22, 1954 (date of enactment of the Revised Organic Act of 1954).</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Repeals specified provisions pertaining to real property taxation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Deems such amendment to have taken effect on July 22, 1954.</p>]]></text>
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