[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22881]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               REVISED ORGANIC ACT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Energy 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2296, and 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2296) was read the third time and passed.

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