H. R. 2296
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SIZE OF LEGISLATURE.
Section 5(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands
(48 U.S.C. 1571(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fifteen’’; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ‘‘The
number of such senators shall be determined by the laws of
the Virgin Islands.’’.
SEC. 2. NUMBER CONSTITUTING QUORUM.
The first sentence of section 9(a) of the Revised Organic Act
of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1575(a)) is amended to read as
follows: ‘‘The number of members of the legislature needed to con-
stitute a quorum shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin
Islands.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.