Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1987 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to designate a Deputy Director of the Office of Freely Associated State Affairs.
Expands the congressional declaration of policy respecting the authority of Federal agencies to consolidate grants to Insular Areas to include as Insular Areas any freely associated states of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to require the President (currently, the Attorney General) to appoint a U.S. marshal for the Virgin Islands.
Repeals the requirements that the District Court of the Virgin Islands for the Division of Saint Croix be held in Christiansted and for the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John at Charlotte Amalie.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Referred to Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs.
For Further Action See S.1047.
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