Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-90
§1 Untitled Section
Title 48 › Chapter 12— VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954] › § 1
Summary
Congress allows the people of Guam and the Virgin Islands to adopt their own constitutions and set up their own governments under this Act.
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Title 48, §1
Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Authorization to organize governments] That the Congress, recognizing the basic democratic principle of government by the consent of the governed, authorizes the peoples of the Virgin Islands and of Guam, respectively, to organize governments pursuant to constitutions of their own adoption as provided in this Act.
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48 U.S.C. § 1
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
May 14, 2026
Release point: 119-90