An Act to amend section 17(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands pertaining to the salary of the Government Comptroller
PL 87-421 (H.R.7666), enacted 03/20/1962

76 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-421-MAR. 20, 1962 
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"As used in this section, the term (a) 'any employee welfare benefit 
plan' or 'employee pension benefit plan' means any such p^an subject to 
the provisions of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, as 
amended, and (b) 'employee organization' and 'administrator' as de-
fined respectively in sections 3(3) and 5(b) (1) and (2) of the 
Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, as amended. 
"(b) Whenever in the judgment of a United States attorney ttie 
testimony of any witness, or the production of books, papers, or other 
evidence by any witness, in any case or proceeding before any grand 
jury or court of the United States involving any violation of this 
section, or any conspiracy to violate such section, is necessary to the 
public interest, he, upon the approval of the Attorney General, shall 
make application to the court that the witness shall be instructed to 
testify or produce evidence subject to the provisions of this subsection, 
and upon order of the court such witness shall not be excused from 
testifying or from producing books, papers, or other evidence on the 
ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to 
incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no such 
witness shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture 
for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning 
which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-
incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, nor shall testimony so 
compelled be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding (except 
prosecution described in the next sentence) against him in any court. 
iVo witness shall be exempt under this subsection from prosecution 
for perjury or contempt committed while giving testimony or pro-
ducing evidence under compulsion as provided in this subsection." 
(f) The analysis of chapter 95, title 18, United States Code, im-
mediately preceding section 1951 thereof, is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new item: 
"1954. Offer, acceptance, or solicitation to influence operations of employee benefit 
plan." 
SEC. 18. The Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act is further 
amended by substituting the term "Secretary" for the term "Secretary 
of Labor" wherever the latter term appears in such Act. 
SEC. 19. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect ninety 
days after the enactment of this Act, except that section 13 of the 
Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act shall take effect one hun-
dred eighty days after such date of enactment. 
Approved March 20, 1962, 10:15 a.m. 
72 Stat. 997. 
29 u s e 301 note. 
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304. 
u s e 
302, 
18 U S C 1951-
1953. 
Effective date. 
Ante, p. 39. 
Public Law 87-421 
AN ACT 
To amend section 17(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands per-
taining to the salary of the government comptroller. 
March 20,1962 
[H. R. 7665] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (a) 
of section 17 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as 
amended (48 U.S.C, sec. 1599(a)), is amended by striking out the 
first sentence of said subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a government 
comptroller who shall receive an annual salary at a rate established 
in accordance with the standards provided by the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended." 
Approved March 20, 1962. 
Virgin Islands. 
G o V e r n m e n t 
comptroller, 
s a l -
ary. 
68 Stat. 504.