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PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980
Sec. 302. The Act of November 4, 1963 (77 Stat. 302), to provide for

the rehabilitation of Guam, and for other purposes, is hereby

amendedas follows:

(Din the first sentence of section 3, delete the comma after

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“United States” and delete the words “with interest as set forth
below,” and
(2) after paragraph(c) of section 3, delete the last paragraph
before section 4 andinsert in lieu thereof:
“All amounts heretofore withheld from sums collected pursuant to
section 30 of the said Organic Act as interest on the amounts made
available to the government of Guam pursuant to this Act shall be
credited as reimbursement payments by Guam on the principal
amount advanced by the United States under this Act.”.
Src. 803. Section 11 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 387; 48
U.S.C. 1423a), as amended, is hereby amended by deleting all after
the words “December 31, 1980.”, and substituting the following
language:
“The Secretary, upon determining that the Guam Power Authority
is unable to refinance on reasonable terms the obligations purchased
by the Federal Financing Bank under the fifth sentence of this
section by December 31, 1980, may, with the concurrence of the

Secretary of the Treasury, guarantee for purchase by the Federal
Financing Bank; and suchbank is authorized to purchase, obligations
of the Guam Power Authority issued to refinance the principal
amount of the obligations guaranteed under the fifth sentence of this
section. The obligations that refinance such principal amount shall
mature not later than December 31, 1990, and shall bear interest at a
rate determined in accordance with section 6 of the Federal Financ-

ing Bank Act (12 U.S.C, 2285). Should the Guam Power Authority fail

to pay in full any installment of interest or principal when due on the
bonds or other obligations guaranteed under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon notice from the Secretary shall deduct and
pay to the Federal Financing Bank or the Secretary, according to
their respective interests, such unpaid amounts from sums collected
and payable pursuant to section 30 of this Act (48 U.S.C. 1421h).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Acts making appropriations may provide for the withholding of any payments from the
United States to the government of Guam which may be or may
become due pursuant to any law and offset the amount of such

withheld payments against any claim the United States may have

against the government of Guam or the Guam Power Authority
pursuant to this guarantee. For the purposeof this Act, undersection
3166 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 191) the term ‘person’ includes

the government of Guam and the Guam Power Authority. The

Secretary mayplace such stipulations as he deems appropriate on the
bonds or other obligations he guarantees.”.

TITLE IV—VIRGIN ISLANDS

Sec. 401. (a) Subsection (b) of section 31 of the Revised Organic Act

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of the Virgin Islands (43 U.S.C. 1545tb), as amended, is further
amended by numbering the existing paragraph “(1)” and by the
addition thereto of the following new paragraph:
‘(2) Subject to valid existing rights, title to all property in the
Virgin Islands which may have been acquired by the United States
from Denmark under the Convention entered into August 16, 1916,

not reserved or retained by the United States in accordance with the

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provisions of Public Law08-435 (88 Stat. 1210) is hereby transferred

to the Virgin Islands povernment.”.
ib) The General Services Administration shall release from the

mortgage dated January 26, 1972, given by the government of the
Vorpen Ishand: tothe Adnuatistrator of the General Services Adminis-

tration, approximately ten acres of such mortgaged land for construction of the proposed Saint Croix armory upon payment by the
government of the Virgin Islands of the outstanding principal due on
such ten acres,
Sec. 402. No extension, renewal, or renegotiation of the lease of real
property on Water Island in the Virgin Islands to which the United
States is a party may be entered into before 1992 unless such
extension, renewal, or renegotiation is specifically approved by Act of

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Congress.

Sec. 403. (a) Subsection 28a) of the Revised Organic Act of the

Virgin Islands is amendedby inserting after the words ‘‘and naturali-

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ant to the Act of August 18, 1978, shall be immediately remitted to

92 Stat. 437.

zation fees collected in the Virgin Islands,” the following: “Uess the
cost of collecting such duties, taxes and fees as may bedirectly
attributable (as certified by the Comptroller of the Virgin Islands) to
the importation of petroleum products unti] January 1, 1982: Provided, That any other retained costs not heretofore remitted pursu-

the Treasury of the Virgin Islands notwithstanding any other provision oflaw).”
(b) The paragraph entitled “U.S. Customs Service” involving the
coHection of customs duties in the Virgin Islands in the Act of July 25,
1979, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 404. Subsection (d) of section 4 of Public Law 95-348 (92 Stat.
487, 491) is hereby repealed.
Src. 405. Any excise taxes levied by the Legislature of the Virgin
Islands may be levied and collected as the Legislature of the Virgin
Islands may direct as soon as the articles, goods, merchandise, and
commodities subject to said tax are brought into the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 406. Not later than two years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the General Services Administration
shall convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the

United States in and to the property known as the former District
Court Building (including the parcel of land upon which said building
is located), 48 B Norre Gade, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to the
Government of the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 407. Subsection (f) of section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to
authorize the government of the Virgin Islands to issue bonds in
anticipation of revenue receipts and to authorize the guarantee of
such bonds by the United States under specified conditions, and for
other purposes” (90 Stat. 1193; Public Law 94-392; 48 US C. 1574b) is
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in jieu
thereof the following language: “No commitment to guarantee may
be issued by the Secretary, and no guaranteed but unobligated funds
may be obligated by the government of the Virgin Islands after
October 1, 1984. After October 1, 1984, any unobligated proceeds of
bonds or other obligations issued by the government of the Virgin
Islands pursuant to this section shall be repaid immediately by the
government of the Virgin Islands to the lenders with the agreed upon
interest. Should there be anydelay in the government of the Virgin
Islands’ making such repayment, the Secretary shall deduct the
requisite amounts from moneys under his control that would otherwise be paid to the government of the Virgin Islands under section
28(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands.”.

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