[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




VIRGIN ISLANDS
  Bills and resolutions
    Brazil:  prohibit importation of papayas into the U.S. and certain
        territories until certain conditions are met, (see H.R. 3771),
        H2705 [30AP]
    Courts:  establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands as a
        Federal court, (see H.R. 3642), H2052 [1AP]
    50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act:  include District of
        Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
        Islands, (see H.R. 3673), H2054 [1AP]
    History:  commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in the
        former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S. Independence
        Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN], (see H. Res. 495), H5404
        [25JN]
    Local government:  allow self-determination of number of members on
        the legislature and number of such members constituting a
        quorum, (see H.R. 4313), H6281 [23JY]
  Remarks in House
    African Liberation Day:  observance, H3757 [22MY]
    50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act:  include District of
        Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
        Islands (H.R. 3673), E543 [1AP], E551 [1AP], E569 [2AP]
    History:  commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in the
        former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S. Independence
        Day (H. Res. 495), H5387 [25JN], H5388 [25JN]
    Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Virgin Islands, H9175 [28SE]
    Local government:  allow self-determination of number of members on
        the legislature and number of such members constituting a quorum
        (H.R. 4313), H11558 [20OC]
    Social Security:  eligibility of territories for SSI benefits, E1796
        [24SE]
    Taxation:  treatment of rum produced in the Virgin Islands and
        Puerto Rico, H10664 [12OC]
    Territories:  children's health care funding, H10664 [12OC]
  Remarks in Senate
    Taxation:  treatment of rum produced in the Virgin Islands and
        Puerto Rico, S12849 [21OC]
  Texts of
    H. Res. 495, commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in the
        former Danish West Indies by the Virgin Islands in conjunction
        with U.S. Independence Day, H5388 [25JN]