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the government of the Virgin Islands undersubsection (a) of the first
section of this Act. No guarantee or commitment to guarantee shall

be made unless the Secretary determines—
(1) that the procecds of such issue will be used only for public
works or other capital projects;
(2) taking into account anticipated expenditures by the govern-

ment of the Virgin Islands while the bonds or other obligations

forming a part of such issue will be outstanding, all outstanding
obligations of the government of the Virgin Islands which will

mature while the bonds or other obligations forming a part of

(c) The Secretary shall charge and collect fees in amounts sufficient

in his judgment to cover the costs of administering this section. ces
collected underthis subsection shall be deposited in the revolving fund
created under subsection (g¢).
(d) Any guarantee mace by the Secretary shall be conclusive evi-

dence of the eligibility of the obligation for such guarantec, and the

validity of any guarantee so made shall be incontestable, except for
fraud or materiat misrepresentation, in the hands of the holderof the
guaranteed obligation. Such guarantee shall constitute a pledge of the
full faith and credit of the Umted States for such obligation.
(e) The interest on any obligation guaranteed under this’ section
shill be inclided in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of the

Tnternal Revenue Code of 1954.

(£) The aggregate principal amount of obligations which may be
guaranteed under this ct shall not exceed $61,000,000. No commnitment to guarantee shall be entered into underthis Act after October1,

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(g)(1) There is hereby created within the Treasury a separate
fund (hereinafter referred to as “the fund”) which shall be available
to the Seerctary without fiseal year Hniitation as revolving fund for
the purpose of this Act. A business-type budget for the fund shall be
prepared, transmitted to the Congress, considered, amd enacted in
the manner preseribed by law (sections 102, 105, and 104 of the Government. Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 847-349)) for wholly
owned Government corporations.

(2) Allexpenses, Including reimbursements to other government. ac-

counts, and payments pursuant to operations of the Seeretary under
this Act shall be paid fromthe fund, Hat any time the Seeretary deter-

mines that moneys in the fund exceed the present and any reasonably
prospective future requirements of the fund, such exeess may be transferred tothe general fund of the Treasury.

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sufficient to pay the principal of, and interest om, the bonds or
other obligations forming 2 part of such issue;
' (38) that credit is not otherwise available on reasonable terms
and conditions and that there is reasonable assurance of repayment, ancl
(+) that the maturity of any obligations to be guaranteed does
not exceed thirty years or 90 per centumof the useful lifefof the
physical assets to be financed by the obligation, whicheveris less
as determined by the Secretary.

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28(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands will be

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such issue will be outstanding, and such other factors as he deems
pertinent, that the reyenues expected to be received under section

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