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336 [ June 28, 1932. [S, 4425.] ; [Public, No. 198.] Virgin Islands. Natives residing in 1 foreign country ad- mitted as nonquota : immigrants. Vol. 43, p. 155. Status of, under im- 1 migration laws. ( Vol. 39, p. 875. I Two-year limitation. Deportation as pub- lic charge. Applicability of Im- migration Act of 1924. Vol. 43, p. 153. Virgin Islands, citi- zenship. Vol. 44, p. 1234, amended. Natives residing in United States, etc., declared citizens. June 28, 1932. [S. 4511.] [Public, No. 199.] Indians committing crimes against the per- son or property of another Indian, etc. Vol. 35, p. 1151; U. S. 0., p. 504, amend- ed. 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 283, 284. JUNE 28,1932. CHAPTER 283.] AN ACT Relating to the immigration and naturalization of certain natives of the Virgin Islands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a native of the Virgin Islands of the United States who is now residing in any foreign country shall for the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, be considered as a nonquota immigrant for the purposes of admission to the United States; but shall be subject to all the other provisions of that Act and of the immigration laws, except that— (a) He shall not be subject to the head tax imposed by section 2 of the Immigration Act of 1917; (b) He shall not be required to have a passport or immigration visa; (c) If otherwise admissible, he shall not be excluded under section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, unless excluded under the provisions of that section relating to— (1) Persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; (2) Polygamy; (3) Prostitutes, procurers, or other like immoral persons; (4) Contract laborers; (5) Persons previously deported; or (6) Persons convicted of crime. Sec . 2. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not apply to any such alien after the expiration of two years following the enactment of this Act. Sec . 3. An alien admitted to the United States under this Act shall not be subject to deportation on the ground that he has become a public charge. Sec . 4. Terms defined in the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, shall, when used in this Act, have the meaning assigned to such terms in that Act. Sec . 5. Section 1 of the Act entitled “ An Act to confer United States citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin Islands and to extend the naturalization laws thereto,” approved February 25, 1927, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(d) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who are, on the date of enactment of this subdivision, residing in con- tinental United States, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or any other insular possession or Territory of the United States, who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country, regardless of their place of residence on January 17, 1917.” Approved, June 28, 1932. [CHAPTER 284.] AN ACT To amend sections 328 and 329 of the United States Criminal Code of 1910 and sections 548 and 549 of the United States Code of 1926. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 328 of the United States Criminal Code of 1910 and section 548 of title 18 of the United States Code of 1926 are hereby amended to read as follows: