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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Virgin Islands</title>
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  <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2996 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 30, 2009: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2996 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 30, 2009: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2996 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-30:/action/215023</id>
    <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 30, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-88.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2996 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/action/214748</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 29, 2009: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3619 United States Mariner and Vessel Protection Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-22:/action/209051</id>
    <updated>2009-09-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-16:/action/203273</id>
    <updated>2009-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3181 To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United States.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-10:/action/202318</id>
    <updated>2009-07-10T00:00:00Z</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.3090 Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-26:/action/201496</id>
    <updated>2009-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2990 Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-23:/action/200518</id>
    <updated>2009-06-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2996 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-23:/action/200651</id>
    <updated>2009-06-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2884 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that electricity produced in certain possessions of the United States and other areas is eligible for the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-16:/action/199520</id>
    <updated>2009-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that electricity produced in certain possessions of the United States and other areas is eligible for the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2885 Ocean Thermal Energy Tax and Energy Credits Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-16:/action/199561</id>
    <updated>2009-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources and the investment energy credit to include ocean thermal energy conversion projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2886 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the nonbusiness energy property and residential energy efficient property tax incentives to residents of certain possessions of the Unites States and other areas.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-16:/action/199565</id>
    <updated>2009-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the nonbusiness energy property and residential energy efficient property tax incentives to residents of certain possessions of the Unites States and other areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2791 To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-10:/action/198660</id>
    <updated>2009-06-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2680 Territorial Health Parity Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-03:/action/197348</id>
    <updated>2009-06-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Social Security Act to provide for payment parity for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2659 To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-02:/action/197154</id>
    <updated>2009-06-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2582 To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-21:/action/196653</id>
    <updated>2009-05-21T00:00:00Z</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>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2385 To require the Secretary of Energy to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-13:/action/194992</id>
    <updated>2009-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of Energy to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2386 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions.</title>
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    <updated>2009-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2122 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule for allocating the cover over of distilled spirits taxes between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.</title>
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    <updated>2009-04-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule for allocating the cover over of distilled spirits taxes between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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