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 124 STAT. 1310 PUBLIC LAW 111–194—JUNE 30, 2010 Whereas Congress shares the concerns expressed by the executive branch of the Federal Government on certain features of the proposed constitution of the United States Virgin Islands and shares the view that consideration should be given to revising those features: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROPOSED CONSTITUTION FOR UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS. It is the sense of Congress that Congress— (1) recognizes the commitment and efforts of the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the United States Virgin Islands to develop a proposed constitution; and (2) urges the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the United States Virgin Islands to reconvene for the purpose of reconsid- ering and revising the proposed constitution in response to the views of the executive branch of the Federal Government. SEC. 2. REVISION OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTION. Section 5 of Public Law 94–584 (90 Stat. 2900) is amended— (1) by designating the first, second, third, and fourth sen- tences as subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e), respectively; (2) in subsection (b) (as so designated)— (A) by striking ‘‘within’’ and all that follows through ‘‘after’’ and inserting ‘‘within 60 legislative days after’’; and (B) by inserting ‘‘or has urged the constitutional convention to reconvene,’’ after ‘‘in whole or in part,’’; (3) by inserting after subsection (b) (as so designated) the following: ‘‘(c) REVISION OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a convention reconvenes and revises the proposed constitution, the convention shall resubmit the revised proposed constitution simultaneously to the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the President. ‘‘(2) COMMENTS OF PRESIDENT.—Not later than 60 calendar days after the date of receipt of the revised proposed constitu- tion, the President shall— ‘‘(A) notify the convention, the Governor, and Congress of the comments of the President on the revised proposed constitution; and ‘‘(B) publish the comments in the Federal Register.’’; and (4) in subsection (d) (as so designated), by inserting ‘‘under subsection (b) (or, if revised pursuant to subsection (c), on Federal Register, publication. Notification. Deadline. 48 USC 1391 note, 1541 note.