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[CITE: 48USC1641]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER VII--FISCAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1641. Method of payment of official salaries

    The salaries and travel allowances of the Governor, Lieutenant 
Governor, the heads of the executive departments, other officers and 
employees of the government of the Virgin Islands, and the members of 
the legislature shall be paid by the government of the Virgin Islands at 
rates prescribed by the laws of the Virgin Islands.

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 20, formerly Sec. 20(c), 68 Stat. 506; 
Pub. L. 85-851, Sec. 6(a), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1095; Pub. L. 90-496, 
Sec. 10, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 841.)

                          Codification

    Prior to the 1968 amendment of section 20 of act July 22, 1954, this 
section constituted subsec. (c) of said section 20. Subsecs. (a) and (b) 
of said section 20 were classified to sections 1592 and 1598, 
respectively, of this title. Section 10 of Pub. L. 90-496 consolidated 
the text of said section 20 into a single unlettered paragraph, 
classified to this section.


                               Amendments

    1968--Pub. L. 90-496 substituted provisions that the salaries and 
travel allowances of all officials connected with the executive and 
legislative departments of the government of the Virgin Islands be paid 
by the government of the Virgin Islands at rates prescribed by the laws 
of the Virgin Islands for provisions that the salaries of the Governor, 
the Government Secretary, the government comptroller, and their 
immediate staffs be paid by the United States, and provisions that the 
salaries of the heads of the executive departments be paid by the 
government of the Virgin Islands, such salaries to be paid without the 
necessity of further appropriations therefor, if the legislature fails 
to make an appropriation for such salaries.
    1958--Pub. L. 85-851 provided for the payment of the salary of the 
government comptroller by the United States instead of by the government 
of the Virgin Islands.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment of provisions of section necessary to authorize the 
holding of an election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on Nov. 3, 
1970, effective Jan. 1, 1970, and all other amendments of provisions of 
section, unless otherwise expressly provided by Pub. L. 90-496, 
effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90-496, set out as a 
note under section 1591 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 85-851 provided that: ``This section 6 
[amending this section] shall become effective on July 1, 1959.''


     Elimination of General Fund Deficits of Guam and Virgin Islands

    Pub. L. 96-597, title VI, Sec. 607, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3483, as 
amended by Pub. L. 97-357, title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 
1712, provided that:
    ``(a) In order to assist the governments of Guam and the Virgin 
Islands in eliminating general fund deficits, there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for payment to Guam not to 
exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $11,000,000 for fiscal year 
1983, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1984, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 
1985; and for payment to the Virgin Islands not to exceed $12,000,000 
for fiscal year 1982, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, $6,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1984, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1985.
    ``(b) The Governors of Guam and the Virgin Islands shall, as a 
condition for a grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, submit 
a plan which is designed to eliminate the respective territory's general 
fund deficit by the beginning of fiscal year 1987 to the Secretary of 
the Interior. Within sixty days after he has received such a plan, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall transmit the plan, together with his 
comments and recommendations to the Congress. The plan shall provide 
for--
        ``(1) implementation of an effective budgetary and accounting 
    system;
        ``(2) realistic revenue and expenditure projections which will 
    progressively reduce current year general fund deficits and result 
    in a balanced general fund budget no later than the beginning of 
    fiscal year 1987;
        ``(3) financing of accumulated general fund deficits; and
        ``(4) quarterly goals and timetables for implementing the plan. 
    The plan shall also indicate that the Governor has the necessary 
    authority to implement the plan.
    ``(c) Not later than thirty days after the close of each quarter 
which occurs after the plan has been transmitted to the Congress, the 
respective Governor shall submit a report to the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Congress describing in detail the success or failure of 
such territory in meeting the goals and timetables described in such 
plan.''


  Authorization of Appropriations for Grants for Anticipated Deficits 
 During Fiscal Years 1979 Through 1981; Terms and Conditions; Report on 
                      Financial Condition; Contents

    Pub. L. 95-348, Sec. 4(d), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 491, authorized 
appropriations for fiscal years 1979 to 1981 for grants for anticipated 
deficits in such years, and required a report respecting financial 
conditions and activities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-205, title IV, 
Sec. 404, Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 89.
