PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 5688 (97th)

A bill to establish a Commission on Federal Laws to study the application of the laws of the United States to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

2 March 1982

Last action

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

7 February 2024

Summary

Establishes a Commission on Federal Laws to survey the Federal laws and recommend to Congress: (1) which laws that apply to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa should be made inapplicable to them and which should continue to apply; and (2) which laws that do not apply to such territories should be made applicable to them. Sets forth the composition of the Commission. Requires the Commission to transmit its final report to the President and to Congress not later than April 1, 1983. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 15 days after submission of its final report.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.