[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2296 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2296

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 1999

 Mrs. Christensen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
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 AND QUORUM OF LEGISLATURE DETERMINED BY LAWS OF THE 
              VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    (a) 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.''.
    (b) 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.''.
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