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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5019
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of
the Virgin Islands.
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. CONVEYANCE OF SUBMERGED LANDS TO THE
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GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
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all of the right, title, and interest of the United States
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in and to submerged lands in the area between the island
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of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint
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John is conveyed to the Government of the Virgin Islands
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to be administered in trust for the benefit of the people
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thereof.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
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(1) AREA
BETWEEN
THE
ISLAND
OF
SAINT
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CROIX AND THE ISLANDS OF SAINT THOMAS AND
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SAINT JOHN.—The term ‘‘area between the island of
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Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and
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Saint John’’ means the area that is—
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(A) outside of the area conveyed to the
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Virgin Islands by section 1 of Public Law 93–
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435 (48 U.S.C. 1705);
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(B) north of Saint Croix;
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(C) south of Saint Thomas and Saint
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John;
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(D) east of the line running from the west-
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ernmost point on the coastline of Saint Croix at
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mean high tide to the westernmost point on the
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coastline of Saint Thomas at mean high tide;
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and
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(E) west of the line running from the east-
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ernmost point on the coastline of Saint Croix at
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mean high tide to the easternmost point on the
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coastline of Saint John at mean high tide.
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(2) SAINT
CROIX, SAINT
THOMAS, SAINT
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JOHN.—The terms ‘‘Saint Croix’’, ‘‘Saint Thomas’’,
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and ‘‘Saint John’’ mean the islands of Saint Croix,
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Saint Thomas, and Saint John, respectively, in the
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United States Virgin Islands.
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