H.R. 6116: To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 6116: To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

112th Congress · introduced 2012-07-12 · Law · Latest: Became Public Law No: 112-226.

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To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 14, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, with respect to the judicial procedure for appealing from the decisions of courts of the Virgin Islands to courts of the United States, to remove the temporary jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to review by a writ of certiorari the final decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands. Authorizes final judgments or decrees rendered by the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court by writ of certiorari where the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a statute of the Virgin Islands is drawn in question on the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution or the treaties or statutes of, or any commission held or authority exercised under, the United States. Applies such U.S. Supreme Court reviewing authority to cases commenced on or after enactment of this Act.

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Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] · 33 cosponsors

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Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Al Green (D-TX), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)

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Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6116.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr6116 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112