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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-348—AUG. 18, 1978 in or derived from the Virgin Islands under the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands during the next fiscal year, except for those sums covered directly upon collection into the treasury of the Virgin Islands. There shall be deducted from or added to the amounts so remitted, as may be appropriate, at the beginning of the fiscal year, the difference between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected during the prior fiscal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and fees as estimated and remitted at the beginning of that prior fiscal year, including any deductions which may be required as a result of the operation of Public Law 94-392 (90 Stat. 1195). (3) Subsection 28(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands is amended by deleting the phrase "less the cost of collecting all of said duties, taxes, and fees,". (d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $20,000,000 per annum, for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981 for grants to the government of the Virgin Islands to offset any anticipated deficit during such fiscal years. The Secretary is authorized and directed, after consultation with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, to impose such conditions and requirements, on these grants as he deems advisable. Not later than July 1, 1979, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the financial condition of the Virgin Islands. The report shall: (1) identify, the specific sources of revenues, both Federal and local, available to the government of the Virgin Islands; (2) chart the revenues derived from each source and what, if any, increases could be occasioned in the amount of such revenues by actions of the Virgin Islands Government; (3) describe the extent to which changes in actual revenues were occasioned by actions of the Federal Government or by circumstances beyond the control of the Virgin Islands Government; (4) analyze expenditures to determine what economies, if any, could be obtained and identify the actions which could be taken by the Virgin Islands Government to obtain such economies; (5) review the long term debt structure of the Virgin Islands Government, including, but not limited to, whether such debt was incurred for purposes authorized by law, the total amount of such debt, the relation of the total debt ceiling, and the impact retirement of the debt will have on the future economic situation of the Virgin Islands; (6) detail and discuss various alternatives available to the government of the Virgin Islands and the Federal Government to revise and improve the process of supporting the necessary expenditures of the Virgin Islands Government; and (7) include his recommendations for any changes he deems advisable in the present Federal-territorial economic relationship. AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK

SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, is authorized and directed to develop, maintain, and administer the existing American Memorial Park (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "park"), located at Tanapag Harbor Reservation, Saipan. The park shall be administered for the

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92 STAT. 491 48 USC 1541 note.

48 USC 1642. 48 USC 1641 note.

Report to Congress.