Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1613 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1613 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 23, 68 Stat. 506; Pub. L. 98-454,
title VII, Sec. 704, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 17(a)(4), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4595.)
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-437 substituted "Natural Resources" for
"Interior and Insular Affairs" before "of the House".
1984 - Pub. L. 98-454 amended section generally, substituting
provisions relating to the relations between local law courts and
already established courts under the Constitution or laws of the
United States with respect to appeals, certiorari, etc. and
providing that the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit shall
have jurisdiction to review all final decisions from the highest
court of the Virgin Islands for fifteen years after the appellate
court is established for former provisions relating to the
jurisdiction of inferior courts, transfer of actions, status as
committing court, bail and rules.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-454 effective on ninetieth day following
Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98-454, set out as a note
under section 1424 of this title.
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives
treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law
requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other
regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103-7 (in
which a report required under this section is listed as the 1st
item on page 13), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended,
set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance.
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Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules

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