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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Virgin Islands</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/issues/atom/4491_virgin_islands" rel="self"/>
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  <updated>2012-01-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4491</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3812 Supplemental Security Income Equality Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3812/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-23:/action/319070</id>
    <updated>2012-01-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2055/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-22:/action/318339</id>
    <updated>2011-12-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 22, 2011: Became Public Law No: 112-74.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2055/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-22:/action/318312</id>
    <updated>2011-12-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 22, 2011: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2055/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-20:/action/318279</id>
    <updated>2011-12-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 20, 2011: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3706 To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3706/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-15:/action/317752</id>
    <updated>2011-12-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.674 VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h674/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-20:/action/315186</id>
    <updated>2011-11-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 20, 2011: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.674 VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h674/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-20:/action/315205</id>
    <updated>2011-11-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 20, 2011: Became Public Law No: 112-56.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.674 VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h674/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-18:/action/315172</id>
    <updated>2011-11-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 18, 2011: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3410 Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3410/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-13:/action/314067</id>
    <updated>2011-11-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American infrastructure, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3264 Transportation Empowerment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3264/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-25:/action/312584</id>
    <updated>2011-10-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3268 To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3268/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-25:/action/312522</id>
    <updated>2011-10-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3106 To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia and territories of the United States for display in the United States Capitol.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3106/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-04:/action/310535</id>
    <updated>2011-10-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia and territories of the United States for display in the United States Capitol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3063 To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide for an additional allocation of funds to the insular areas.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3063/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-22:/action/309990</id>
    <updated>2011-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide for an additional allocation of funds to the insular areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2486 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2486/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-10:/action/303997</id>
    <updated>2011-07-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2448 To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2448/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-06:/action/303512</id>
    <updated>2011-07-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2395 To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2395/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-23:/action/302655</id>
    <updated>2011-06-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2220 Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2220/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-15:/action/301197</id>
    <updated>2011-06-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assist in the recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by providing for a reduction in the tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets which are invested for at least 30 years, subject to defined withdrawals, under a Virgin Islands investment program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1164 Transportation Empowerment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1164/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-08:/action/300435</id>
    <updated>2011-06-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2135 Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Improvement Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2135/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-02:/action/300114</id>
    <updated>2011-06-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the availability of Medicaid assistance for certain breast and cervical cancer patients in the territories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2055/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-30:/action/299440</id>
    <updated>2011-05-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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