House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Donna Christensen D-VIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Committee actionApr 24, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 17, 2013 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 78.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 85.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-110 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 17, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/110
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H35):``Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States grant Congress the authority to make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 212 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Christensen.
- H.R. 83 (113th) Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 5803 (113th) To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the…
- H.R. 1966 (113th) Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2013
- H.R. 79 (113th) Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013
- H.R. 89 (113th) To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 91 (113th) To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.