VIRGIN ISLANDS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5010), H7206 [27JY]

Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H7364 [7SE]

OMB: require explanation for omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the U.S., in issued statements (see H.R. 4741), H5084 [23JN]

Public lands: conveyance of certain submerged lands (see H.R. 5019), H7207 [27JY]

Tariff: allow a duty drawback on jewelry exported to the U.S. Virgin Islands (see S. 2613), S4297 [23MY]

———reform the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5127), H7364 [7SE]

Territories: clarify the process for the adoption of local constitutional self-government for the Virgin Islands and Guam (see H.R. 3999), H1118 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Charlotte Amalie, VI: designation of St. Thomas Synagogue as a national historic landmark, E1455 [13SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 5010), H7672-H7676 [18SE]

Interagency Group on Insular Affairs: provide guidance on Federal policies towards U.S. territories, H222 [8FE]

Local government: allow self-determination on number of members in the legislature and number of such members constituting a quorum (H.R. 2296), H7403, H7404 [12SE]

Medicaid: increase the cap on payments for U.S. territories, H7967 [21SE]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (H.R. 5126), E1421 [7SE]

Remarks in Senate

Local government: allow self-determination on number of members in the legislature and number of such members constituting a quorum (H.R. 2296), S10644 [17OC]

Reports filed

Allow the Virgin Islands Self-Determination on the Number of Members in the Legislature and the Number of Such Members Constituting a Quorum: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2296) (H. Rept. 106-807), H7279 [6SE]

Virgin Islands and Guam Constitutional Self-Government Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3999) (H. Rept. 106-745), H6354 [17JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2296, allow the Virgin Islands self-determination on number of members in the legislature and number of such members constituting a quorum, H7403 [12SE]

H.R. 5010, District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act, H7672 [18SE]