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Virgin Islands - State and Local Resources - ONDCP
Overview of drug use statistics and drug prevention efforts in the state of Virgin Islands. ... Virgin Islands Profile ... United States Attorneys ... [Read More]
Census 2000 Glossary of Basic Geographic and Related Terms
Island Areas - For Census 2000, several legal entities under the jurisdiction of the United States: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau treats these entities as equivalent to states for data presentation purposes. The term also includes several small islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean; the Census Bureau provides only population counts for these "U.S. Minor Outlying Islands," based on records obtained from the government agency that administers each island (most are unpopulated). Formerly referred to as the Outlying Areas . ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- United States
American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island ... prolonged drought, population growth, and outmoded practices and infrastructure in the border region strains water-sharing arrangements with Mexico; the US has stepped up efforts to stem nationals from Mexico, Central America, and other parts of the world from crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico; illegal immigrants from the Caribbean, notably Haiti and the Dominican Republic, attempt to enter the US through Florida by sea; 1990 Maritime Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma ratification; managed maritime boundary disputes with Canada at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; US and Canada seek greater cooperation in monitoring people and commodities crossing the border; The Bahamas and US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary; US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook
- There have been some significant changes to the latest edition of The World Factbook . Recent confirmation that the United Kingdom Government administers the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus as dependencies (and not as lease areas like the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba) has required a changing of their status and their addition to the Factbook as new entities. In addition, the European Union has been included as an "Other" entity at the end of the listing. The European Union continues to accrue more nation-like characteristics for itself and so a separate listing was deemed appropriate. A fuller explanation may be found under the European Union Preliminary statement . ... [Read More]
British Virgin Islands
CRIMINAL PENALTIES: While in a foreign country, a U.S. citizen is subject to that country's laws and regulations, which sometimes differ significantly from those in the United States and may not afford the protections available to the individual under U.S. law. Penalties for breaking the law can be more severe than in the United States for similar offenses. Persons violating British Virgin Island laws, even unknowingly, may be expelled, arrested or imprisoned. Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in illegal drugs in the BVI are severe, and convicted offenders can expect long jail sentences and heavy fines. Engaging in illicit sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime, prosecutable in the United States. For more information visit http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1467.html . ... [Read More]
USGS--Water Resources of the United States
Water Resources of the United States ... Privacy Statement :: Disclaimer :: Accessibility ... W ater is essential for life. USGS operates in every State ; the Water Resources mission is to provide water information that benefits the Nation's citizens: publications , data , maps , and applications software . ... [Read More]
EnviroMapper
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United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 1st Session: Member Web Site Listing(By State)
Alabama | Alaska | American Samoa | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Guam | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virgin Islands | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming ... [Read More]
Welcome to the USGS - U.S. Geological Survey
Beach erosion is a chronic problem along most open-ocean shores of the United States. Using tools such as a coastal classification map enables scientists to better understand pre-storm conditions and determine the erosion-hazard vulnerability of an area. Learn More ... Classification of hydrogeologic areas and hydrogeologic flow systems in the basin and range physiographic province, southwestern United States ... [Read More]
Congressional Biographical Directory
Adams Adams-Clay Republican Adams-Clay Federalist Adams Democrat American Laborite American Party Anti Jacksonian Anti Mason Conservative Conservative Republican Constitutional Unionist Democrat Democrat Farmer Labor Democratic Republican Farmer Laborite Federalist Free Silver Free Soil Greenbacker Independence Party (Minnesota) Independent Independent Democrat Independent Radical Independent Republican Independent Whig Jackson Democrat Jackson Republican Jacksonian Jeffersonian Democrat Law Order Liberal Liberal Republican National Republican Nonpartisan Nullifier Opposition Party Populist Progressive Progressive Republican Prohibitionist Readjuster Republican Silver Republican Socialist State Rights Democrat Unconditional Unionist Union Democrat Union Laborite Union Republican Unionist Whig ... [Read More]
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