Pub. L. 95-134, tit. III, sec. 301

Sec. 301. (a) The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 504) as amended (48 U.S.C. 1599) is further amended as follows: Delete from the first sentence of section 17(a) everything after the 91 STAT. 1163words “government of the Virgin Islands”, add a period after “Virgin Islands” and insert the following sentence: “Effective October 1, 1977, the salary and expenses of the Comptroller’s office shall be paid from funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior.”. (b) Section 9(d) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497; 48 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “, unless the legislature, after reconsideration upon motion of a member thereof, passes such items, parts, or portions so objected to by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the legislature.” (c) Section 8 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1574) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f)(1) The Legislature of the Virgin Islands may impose on the importation of any article into the Virgin Islands for consumption therein a customs duty. The rate of any customs duty imposed on any article under this subsection may not exceed— “(A) if an ad valorem rate, 6 per centum ad valorem; or “(B) if a specific rate or a combination ad valorem and specific rate, the equivalent or 6 per centum ad valorem. “(2) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from permitting the duty-free importation of any article. “(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as empowering the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to repeal or amend any provision in law in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection which pertains to the customs valuation or customs classification of articles imported into the Virgin Islands.”.