Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1641 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1641 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 20, formerly Sec. 20(c), 68 Stat.
506; Pub. L. 85-851, Sec. 6(a), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1095; Pub.
L. 90-496, Sec. 10, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 841.)
CODIFICATION
Prior to the 1968 amendment of section 20 of act July 22, 1954,
this section constituted subsec. (c) of said section 20. Subsecs.
(a) and (b) of said section 20 were classified to sections 1592 and
1598, respectively, of this title. Section 10 of Pub. L. 90-496
consolidated the text of said section 20 into a single unlettered
paragraph, classified to this section.
AMENDMENTS
1968 - Pub. L. 90-496 substituted provisions that the salaries
and travel allowances of all officials connected with the executive
and legislative departments of the government of the Virgin Islands
be paid by the government of the Virgin Islands at rates prescribed
by the laws of the Virgin Islands for provisions that the salaries
of the Governor, the Government Secretary, the government
comptroller, and their immediate staffs be paid by the United
States, and provisions that the salaries of the heads of the
executive departments be paid by the government of the Virgin
Islands, such salaries to be paid without the necessity of further
appropriations therefor, if the legislature fails to make an
appropriation for such salaries.
1958 - Pub. L. 85-851 provided for the payment of the salary of
the government comptroller by the United States instead of by the
government of the Virgin Islands.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment of provisions of section necessary to authorize the
holding of an election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on Nov.
3, 1970, effective Jan. 1, 1970, and all other amendments of
provisions of section, unless otherwise expressly provided by Pub.
L. 90-496, effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90-
496, set out as a note under section 1591 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT
Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 85-851 provided that: "This section 6
[amending this section] shall become effective on July 1, 1959."
ELIMINATION OF GENERAL FUND DEFICITS OF GUAM AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
Pub. L. 96-597, title VI, Sec. 607, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3483,
as amended by Pub. L. 97-357, title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 19, 1982, 96
Stat. 1712, provided that:
"(a) In order to assist the governments of Guam and the Virgin
Islands in eliminating general fund deficits, there is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for payment to
Guam not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and
$11,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1984,
and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1985; and for payment to the Virgin
Islands not to exceed $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $9,000,000
for fiscal year 1983, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1984, and
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 1985.
"(b) The Governors of Guam and the Virgin Islands shall, as a
condition for a grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section,
submit a plan which is designed to eliminate the respective
territory's general fund deficit by the beginning of fiscal year
1987 to the Secretary of the Interior. Within sixty days after he
has received such a plan, the Secretary of the Interior shall
transmit the plan, together with his comments and recommendations
to the Congress. The plan shall provide for -
"(1) implementation of an effective budgetary and accounting
system;
"(2) realistic revenue and expenditure projections which will
progressively reduce current year general fund deficits and
result in a balanced general fund budget no later than the
beginning of fiscal year 1987;
"(3) financing of accumulated general fund deficits; and
"(4) quarterly goals and timetables for implementing the plan.
The plan shall also indicate that the Governor has the necessary
authority to implement the plan.
"(c) Not later than thirty days after the close of each quarter
which occurs after the plan has been transmitted to the Congress,
the respective Governor shall submit a report to the Secretary of
the Interior and the Congress describing in detail the success or
failure of such territory in meeting the goals and timetables
described in such plan."
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR ANTICIPATED DEFICITS
DURING FISCAL YEARS 1979 THROUGH 1981; TERMS AND CONDITIONS; REPORT
ON FINANCIAL CONDITION; CONTENTS
Pub. L. 95-348, Sec. 4(d), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 491,
authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1979 to 1981 for grants
for anticipated deficits in such years, and required a report
respecting financial conditions and activities, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 96-205, title IV, Sec. 404, Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 89.