[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2254 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2254

To repeal the requirement that the Delegates to the Congress from Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa be elected by a separate ballot.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1995

     Mr. Underwood (for himself, Mr. Frazer, and Mr. Faleomavaega) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the requirement that the Delegates to the Congress from Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa be elected by a separate ballot.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SEPARATE BALLOT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Guam and Virgin Islands.--Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ``An 
Act to provide that the unincorporated territories of Guam and the 
Virgin Islands shall each be represented in Congress by a Delegate to 
the House of Representatives'' approved April 10, 1972 (48 U.S.C. 
1712(a)), is amended by striking ``, by separate ballot and''.
    (b) American Samoa.--Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
provide that the Territory of American Samoa be represented by a 
nonvoting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, and 
for other purposes'', approved October 31, 1978 (48 U.S.C. 1732(a)), is 
amended by striking ``, by separate ballot and''.
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