status of the Virgin Islands or desired changes in the Virgin Islands-federal relations.

 (d) The Select Committee shall invite representatives of business, labor, civic
and professional organizations, and interested residents to submit position papers,
analyses, letters and other written statements outlining their positions on the various
issues.
 (e) The Select Committee, within one year after the appointment of its
members, shall submit its report to the Legislature, which report shall include:

 (1) A proposed "Compact of Federal Relations between the United States
Virgin Islands and the United States of America" which shall be comprehensive in
nature and cover the entire range of the relationship, including application of federal
constitutional provisions, treaties and laws in the Virgin Islands, jurisdiction of federal
courts in the Virgin Islands and their relationship to the courts of the Virgin Islands,
administration of the Virgin Islands income tax system, return of the gasoline excise
taxes, disposition of the Internal Revenue Matching Funds received by the
Government of the Virgin Islands without prior approval of the President of the United
States or his designee, extension of the three-mile off shore territorial limit under the
jurisdiction of the Virgin Islands government, participation of the Virgin Islands in
various federal economic development, health, education, welfare, and other social
programs, and matters relating to customs, immigration, regional cooperation, granting
by Congress to the Virgin Islands Legislature all powers exercised by Congress with
respect to the Virgin Islands which are normally exercised by Legislatures of the
several states of the United States relative to state, county, and municipal matters,
representation of the people of the Virgin Islands in Congress, and removal of the
Interior Department's oversight responsibilities with respect to the Virgin Islands;

 (2) A recommendation that a referendum election be held on a given date,
which date shall not be less than one year from the date on which the report is
submitted, to enable the voters of the Virgin Islands to choose between the proposed
"Compact of Federal Relations," statehood, independence, status quo or "other". The
referendum ballot shall be drafted in such manner that individual voters will be
allowed to reject specific sections) of the proposed Compact while approving the
basic document; and

 (3) An outline of a program of public information and education to be
undertaken by the Select Committee should its recommendations be approved by the
Legislature.

 Section 2. The President, subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules
and Nominations, is authorized to allocate necessary funds out of the operating
budget of the Legislature and to assign legal, professional, technical and secretarial
staff personnel from the Central Staff of the Legislature to facilitate the work of the
Select Committee.

 Passed February 7, 1984.