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Week Ending October 26, 2007

H.R.53 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease with the Government of the United States Virgin Islands to provide land on the island of Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a school, and for other purposes.

The Secretary of Interior is authorized to lease to the government of the US Virgin Islands a parcel of real property and any improvements within the boundaries of the Virgin Islands National Park in the island of St John. The USVI government intends to build a school there.

The lease is for 99 years.

Sponsor:  Rep. Donna Christensen (D-VI)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote October 22, 2007

Cost to the taxpayers:  No lease amounts given. The bill would produce lease revenue.

Earmark Certification:   Not applicable to this bill.

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