Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Virgin Islands

Bill Introduced: H.R.1018 To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.

2013-03-05T19:00:00Z

To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill Introduced: H.R.840 To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

2013-02-25T19:00:00Z

To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Bill Introduced: H.R.512 Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Territorial Fellowship Act

2013-02-04T19:00:00Z

To encourage students from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands to become civically engaged through local and Federal government fellowships.

Bill Introduced: H.R.428 School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013

2013-01-24T19:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to report on the cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories of the United States and the 50 States and the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.365 Territorial TANF Equity Act of 2013

2013-01-22T19:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on certain payments under the TANF program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.374 Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2013

2013-01-22T19:00:00Z

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.

Bill Introduced: H.R.364 Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

2013-01-22T19:00:00Z

To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.353 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of United States territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns filed with the United States.

2013-01-22T19:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of United States territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns filed with the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.92 Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To provide energy crisis relief to residents of the Virgin Islands.

Bill Introduced: H.R.85 To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.89 To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.83 To require the Secretary of the Interior 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.

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of the Interior 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.

Bill Introduced: H.R.79 Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the territories.

Bill Introduced: H.R.87 Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2013

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.91 To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

Bill Introduced: H.R.81 To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

2013-01-02T19:00:00Z

To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.8 "Fiscal cliff" bill

2013-01-01T19:00:00Z

An act entitled the "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012".

January 01, 2013: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.8 "Fiscal cliff" bill

2013-01-01T19:00:00Z

An act entitled the "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012".

January 01, 2013: Presented to President.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.6116 To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

2012-12-27T19:00:00Z

To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

December 27, 2012: Signed by President.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6684 Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

2012-12-18T19:00:00Z

To provide for spending reduction.