106TH CONGRESS
IIB 106TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2296 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin Islands and the number of such members constituting a quorum shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. 2 HR 2296 RFS Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SIZE OF LEGISLATURE. 3 Section 5(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin 4 Islands (48 U.S.C. 1571(b)) is amended— 5 (1) by striking ‘‘fifteen’’; and 6 (2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol- 7 lowing: ‘‘The number of such senators shall be de- 8 termined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.’’. 9 SEC. 2. NUMBER CONSTITUTING QUORUM. 10 The first sentence of section 9(a) of the Revised Or- 11 ganic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. …
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IIB 106TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2296 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin Islands and the number of such members constituting a quorum shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. 2 HR 2296 RFS Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SIZE OF LEGISLATURE. 3 Section 5(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin 4 Islands (48 U.S.C. 1571(b)) is amended— 5 (1) by striking ‘‘fifteen’’; and 6 (2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol- 7 lowing: ‘‘The number of such senators shall be de- 8 termined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.’’. 9 SEC. 2. NUMBER CONSTITUTING QUORUM. 10 The first sentence of section 9(a) of the Revised Or- 11 ganic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1575(a)) is 12 amended to read as follows: ‘‘The number of members of 13 the legislature needed to constitute a quorum shall be de- 14 termined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.’’. 15 Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2000. Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, Clerk.