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<title>Recognizing and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Virgin Islands becoming a part of the United States.</title>
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<action-date>2013-05-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the Virgin Islands becoming a part of the United States.</p> <p>Encourages the Department of the Interior to lead the federal effort to commemorate this centennial. </p> <p> Expresses appreciation for the years of strong U.S.-Danish diplomatic relations. </p> <p>Encourages the Archivist of the United States to cooperate with Denmark and the U.S. Virgin Islands in digitizing the historic records of the Virgin Islands and making them accessible to the people of the Virgin Islands in research facilities on all three major Virgin Islands.</p>]]></summary-text>
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