[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6116 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6116

 To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for 
 direct appeals to the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the 
                     Virgin Islands Supreme Court.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2012

  Mrs. Christensen (for herself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
  Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Towns, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Watt, Ms. Clarke of 
    New York, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Thompson of 
  Mississippi, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Scott of 
 Virginia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Waters, Mr. Meeks, 
  Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Bass of California, Ms. Moore, Ms. Eddie 
  Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Wilson of 
Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Rush, and Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for 
 direct appeals to the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the 
                     Virgin Islands Supreme Court.

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

SECTION 1. DIRECT APPEALS TO U.S. SUPREME COURT OF DECISIONS OF VIRGIN 
              ISLANDS SUPREME COURT.

    (a) Direct Appeals.--Section 23 of the Revised Organic Act of the 
Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1613) is amended by striking ``: Provided, 
That'' and all that follows through the end and inserting a period.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to cases commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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