An Act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the payment of legislative salaries And expenses by the government of Virgin Islands
PL 89-98 (H.R.8721), enacted 07/30/1965

79 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-98-JULY 30, 1965 
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DISREGARDING CERTAIN EARNINGS IN DETERMINING NEED OF CERTAIN 
DEPENDENT CHILDREN 
SEC. 410. Effective July 1, 1965, so much, of clause (7) of section 
402(a) of the Social Security Act as follows the first semicolon is ^J^tfpf4 is^f' 
amended by inserting after "except that, in making such determina- 
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tion," the following: "(A) the State agency may disregard not more 
than $50 per month of earned income of each dependent child under 
the age of 18 but not in excess of $150 per month of earned income of 
such dependent children in the same home, (B)". 
F E D E R A L S H A R E O F P U B L I C A S S I S T A N C E 
E X P E N D I T U R E S 
42 u s e 1301. 
SEC. 411. Title X I of the Social vSeeuiity Act is amended by adding 
at the end thereof (after section 1117, added by section 405 of this 
Act), the following new section: 
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"ALTERNATIVE FEDERAL PAYMENT WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
EXPENDITURES 
"SEC. 1118. In the case of any State which has in effect a plan 
approved under title X I X for any calendar quarter, the total of the 
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payments to which such State is entitled for such quarter, and for each 
succeeding quarter in the same fiscal year (which for purposes of this 
section means the 4 calendar quarters ending with June 30), under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of sections 3(a), 403(a), 1003(a), 1403(a), 
and 1603 (a) shall, at the option of the State, be determined by applica-
tion of the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in 
section 1905), instead of the percentages provided under each such 
Ante, p. 351. 
section, to tne expenditures under its State plans approved under 
titles I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI, which would be included in deter- 
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mining the amounts of the Federal payments to which such State is 1381.^^°^' ^^^^' 
entitled under such sections, but without regard to any maximum on 
the dollar amounts per recipient which may be counted under such 
sections." 
Approved July 30, 1965, 5:19 p.m. 
Public Law 89-98 
AN ACT 
July 30, 1965 
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the 
[H. R. 8721] 
payment of legislative salaries and expenses by the government of the Virgin 
Islands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection ^e) 
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of section 6 of the Eevised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 sauael an"' 
Stat. 497, 499), as amended (73 Stat. 568; 48 U.S.C. 1572(e)), is expenses. 
further amended to read as follows: 
"(e) Each member of the legislature shall be paid such compen-
sation and shall receive such additional allowances or benefits as may 
be fixed under the laws of the Virgin Islands. Such compensation, 
allowances, or benefits, together with all other legislative expenses, 
shall be appropriated Iby, and paid out of funds of, the government 
of the Virgin Islands." 
Approved July 30, 1965.