[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 2296 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2296

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide that 
 the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin Islands and the 
number of such members constituting a quorum shall be determined by the 
           laws of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SIZE OF LEGISLATURE.

    Section 5(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1571(b)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``fifteen''; and
        (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``The 
    number of such senators shall be determined by the laws of the 
    Virgin Islands.''.

SEC. 2. NUMBER CONSTITUTING QUORUM.

    The first sentence of section 9(a) of the Revised Organic Act of 
the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1575(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
``The number of members of the legislature needed to constitute a 
quorum shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.