[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2296 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2296


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2000

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.