VIRGIN ISLANDS

Announcements

House of Representatives: receipt of Resident Commissioner and Delegate credentials, H2 [7JA]

Bills and resolutions

Colleges and universities: increase number of persons appointed to the military service academies from Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2004), H3760 [7MY]

Dept. of HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (see H.R. 2422), H5265 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2663), H6347 [8JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2993), H7838 [3SE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands: create (see H.R. 3589), H12307 [21NO]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 1594), H2819 [3AP]

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (see H.R. 1189), H1744 [11MR]

Press releases

Depts. of HUD and Commerce Grants to the Virgin Islands: Delegate Christensen, H9165 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H9080 [1OC]

Dept. of HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (H.R. 2422), E1211 [11JN]

Dept. of State: revise geographic definition of U.S. to include U.S. territories for purposes of educational travel from a foreign area posting, H6808 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs funding, H6962 [16JY]

Heath, Alfred O.: Virgin Islanders for Responsible Government (organization) Alexander A. Farrelly Public Service Award recipient, E1206 [11JN]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands: create (H.R. 3589), E2426 [23NO]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (H.R. 1594), E682 [3AP]

Territories: eligibility for supplemental, contingency, and child care block grant programs funding, H528 [13FE]

———increase personal duty exemptions, H1588 [5MR]

———increase the number of military academy appointments from American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, H4419 [21MY], H4604 [22MY]

———increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 1189), H11468, H11469 [18NO], E2362 [20NO], E2456 [25NO]

Remarks in Senate

Taxation: treatment of distilled spirits in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, S1136 [17JA]

Reports filed

Increase Waiver Requirement for Certain Local Matching Requirements for Grants Provided to Territories: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1189) (H. Rept. 108-119), H4366 [20MY]

St. Croix National Heritage Area Feasibility Study: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1594) (H. Rept. 108-361), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Texts of

H.R. 1189, increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to certain territories, H11468 [18NO]