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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 58 
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to authorize the 
legislature of the Virgin Islands to create municipal governments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands 
to authorize the legislature of the Virgin Islands to cre-
ate municipal governments. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
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IN VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
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Section 8 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin 
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Islands (48 U.S.C. 1574) is amended by adding after sub-
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section (c) the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(d) Notwithstanding section 16(a) or any other pro-
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vision of law, the Legislature of the Virgin Islands may 
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create units of local government in the Virgin Islands.’’. 
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