VIRGIN ISLANDS

Articles and editorials

Set for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, E1237 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit placement of statues honoring a citizen of each U.S. territory in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4070), H8918 [18OC]

Courts: establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 317), H194 [25JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Border Patrol unit (see H.R. 58), H135 [6JA]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 318), H194 [25JA]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Virgin Islands Military and Veterans Memorial, to be located in Fredericksted, St. Croix, VI, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4189), H9472 [1NO]

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. 3885), H8341 [22SE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 57), H73 [4JA]

Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands: create (see H.R. 62), H73 [4JA]

Public lands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 271), H137 [6JA]

SBA: expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1148), H1023 [8MR]

Schools: provide a land exchange on the island of St. John between the National Park Service and the Virgin Islands to facilitate establishment of a school on the island (see H.R. 272), H137 [6JA]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 61), H73 [4JA]

Taxation: provide cover over of the refundable portion of the earned income and child tax credits to Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1555), H1894 [12AP]

———repeal certain tax laws (see S. 1829), S11212 [6OC] (see H.R. 59), H73 [4JA]

———repeal the cap on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 273), H137 [6JA]

Territories: honor contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 3), H79 [4JA]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H9052 [25OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit placement of statues honoring a citizen of each U.S. territory in National Statuary Hall (H.R. 4070), E2120 [18OC]

Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference: tribute, E1237 [15JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Border Patrol unit, H3533 [18MY]

Dept. of State: revise geographic definition of U.S. to include U.S. territories for purposes of reimbursing employees for relocation and certain educational travel costs, H6068 [19JY]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 318), H10176, H10177 [15NO]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories, H12275 [18DE]

Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands: create (H.R. 62), H1379-H1381 [14MR]

SBA: expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 1148), E380 [8MR]

Schools: provide a land exchange on the island of St. John between the National Park Service and the Virgin Islands to facilitate establishment of a school on the island (H.R. 272), E36 [6JA]

St. Thomas, VI: tribute to Charlotte Amalie High School for re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, E999 [17MY]

———tribute to Ivanna Eudora Kean High School for re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, E1002 [17MY]

Taxation: provide cover over of the refundable portion of the earned income and child tax credits to Guam and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 1555), E607 [12AP]

Remarks in Senate

Taxation: repeal certain tax laws (S. 1829), S11222-S11224 [6OC]

Reports filed

Nomination of Anthony J. Jenkins To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6020 [26MY]

Texts of

H.R. 62, create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, H1379 [14MR]

H.R. 318, Dept. of the Interior study on the suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, VI, as a unit of the National Park System, H10176 [15NO]

S. 1829, repeal certain tax laws pertaining to the Virgin Islands, S11222 [6OC]