Every natural-born citizen of a foreign state who is also an American citizen and every natural-born American citizen who is a citizen of a foreign land owes a double allegiance, one to the United States, and one to his homeland ( in the event of an immigrant becoming a citizen of the US ), or to his adopted land ( in the event of an emigrant natural born citizen of the US becoming a citizen of another nation ).

There is limited natural fresh water resources ( except for a few seasonal streams and springs on Tortola, most of the islands ' water supply comes from wells and rainwater catchments ). It has strong ties to nearby US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Note: Concentrations of Cr ( VI ) in US municipal drinking water supplies reported by EWG are within likely, natural background levels for the areas tested and not necessarily indicative of industrial pollution ( CalEPA Fact Sheet ), as asserted by EWG.

In addition, the already strong cross-border trade links between Colombia and Venezuela were solidified in July 2004 with an agreement to build a US $ 320 million natural gas pipeline between the two countries, to be completed in 2008.

In the US the first large scale use of cement was Rosendale cement a natural cement mined from a massive deposit of a large dolostone rock deposit discovered in the early 19th century near Rosendale, New York.

US President Reagan also actively hindered the Soviet Union's ability to sell natural gas to Europe whilst simultaneously actively working to keep gas prices low, which kept the price of Soviet oil low and further starved the Soviet Union of foreign capital.

Sparsely populated in relation to its area, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) is home to a vast potential of natural resources and mineral wealth, its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of US $ 24 trillion, yet the economy of the DRC has declined drastically since the mid-1980s.

With the progressive lifting of UN and US sanctions from 2003 – 2008, the two countries have been working together to jointly develop their oil and natural gas industries.

With the progressive lifting of UN and US sanctions from 2003 to 2008, the two countries have been working together to jointly develop their oil and natural gas industries.

By 2012, North Korea's external debt had grown to an estimated US $ 20 billion despite Russia reportedly writing off about $ 8 billion of debt in exchange for participation in natural resources development.

The first effort by any government to set aside such protected lands was in the United States, on April 20, 1832, when President Andrew Jackson signed legislation that the 22nd United States Congress had enacted to set aside four sections of land around what is now Hot Springs, Arkansas to protect the natural, thermal springs and adjoining mountainsides for the future disposal of the US government.

In regions with a high natural gas demand ( such as the US ), pipelines are constructed when it is economically feasible to transport gas from a wellsite to an end consumer.

However, according to the US Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual, " the fact that someone is a natural born citizen pursuant to a statute does not necessarily imply that he or she is such a citizen for Constitutional purposes.

In addition the thriving energy sector, the nation controls twenty five ( 25 %) percent of the world's natural gas with a whopping GDP of twenty ( US $ 20. 5b ) billion US dollars.

* The most prominent natural disasters of the decade include: Hurricane Andrew striking South Florida in August 1992, the crippling super storm of March 1993 along the Eastern Seaboard, the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan in January 1995, the Blizzard of 1996 in the eastern U. S., the US drought of 1999, the deadly Hurricane Mitch which struck Central America in October 1998, and the destructive Oklahoma tornado outbreak in May 1999, the August 1999 İzmit earthquake in Turkey, and the September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan.

Milton Friedman stated that " the severity of each of the major contractions — 1920-1, 1929-33 and 1937-8 is directly attributable to acts of commission and omission by the Reserve authorities " He further believes that the US got out of the Great Depression because of the " natural resiliency of the economy and WW2, and not due to any acts of government, which in general were " very destructive " and extended the Great Depression.

U-238 has a much longer halflife than the lighter isotopes, and DU therefore emits less alpha radiation than the same mass of natural uranium: the US Defense Department states DU used in US munitions has 60 % the radioactivity of natural uranium.

" As the lead Federal agency in natural resource conservation, the US Forest Service provides leadership in the protection, management, and use of the Nation ’ s forest, rangeland, and aquatic ecosystems.

* US Patent 502837 Engine operated by the explosion of mixtures of gas or hydrocarbon vapor and air, dated August 8, 1893.

File: US Navy gas mask excerise 021015-N-6996M-589. jpg | MCU-2 / P Protective Mask on a U. S. Navy member.

File: US Navy 090612-N-3659B-122 Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit ( EODMU ) 11, Platoon 0-2, take their positions on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan ( CVN 76 ) during a fast-roping exercise. jpg | US Navy EOD M45 gas mask system.

A one-US-gallon gas can showing " U. S. gallon " marking ( for US use ), imperial gallons ( for Canadian use ) and litres.

Radon gas poses significant health concerns, and is the number two cause of lung cancer in the US behind smoking.

Because of a US military embargo against Germany that restricted helium supplies, the Hindenburg, like all German Zeppelins, was forced to use hydrogen as the lift gas.

By 1995, a billion cubic meters of the gas had been collected and the reserve was US $ 1. 4 billion in debt, prompting the Congress of the United States in 1996 to phase out the reserve.

* 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon ( 1 / 4 ¢/ L ) sold.

It is common to classify such engines by the number and alignment of cylinders and total volume of displacement of gas by the pistons moving in the cylinders usually measured in cubic centimetres ( cm³ or cc ) or litres ( l ) or ( L ) ( US: liter ).

Two years later, Olds claimed he had built the best car he could, a tourer able to seat two, four, or five, with a 30 – 35 hp ( 22 – 26 kW ) engine, 112 in ( 2845 mm ) wheelbase, and 32 inch ( 81 cm ) wheels, for US $ 1055 ( not including top, windshield, or gas tank, which were US $ 100 extra ); self-starter was US $ 25 on top of that.

The recently made available US Department of Energy report revealed that the largest reserves of shale gas in Europe are in Poland and it is expected that its production will play an important role in the Polish economy in the near future.

Alfred William Lawson ( March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954 ) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals.

Based on his industry experience on Air Force missile projects, Mueller realized some skilled managers could be found among high-ranking officers in the US Air Force, so he got Webb's permission to recruit General Samuel C. Phillips, who gained a reputation for his effective management of the Minuteman program, as OMSF program controller.

Towards the early 1990s, the BBS industry became so popular that it spawned three monthly magazines, Boardwatch, BBS Magazine, and in Asia and Australia, Chips ' n Bits Magazine which devoted extensive coverage of the software and technology innovations and people behind them, and listings to US and worldwide BBSes.

Bilateral relations have beenvery good: in 2002, for example, the trade value between our two countries reached US $ 1. 8 million, in Chinese exports of light industry products and miscellaneous goods.

During this period, Colombia ’ s telecommunications industry lost US $ 2 billion despite a profit of US $ 1 billion in local service.

* Fall protection: Carabiners use for fall protection in US industry are classified as " connectors " and are required to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard 1910. 66 App C Personal Fall Arrest System which specifies " drop forged, pressed or formed steel " construction and a minimum breaking strength of.

In industry, other larger or smaller units of mass and or volume are often more practical and US customary units may be used.

His methods were successfully applied and adopted by Japanese and Indian industries and subsequently were also embraced by US industry albeit with some reservations.

His musical fantasy One from the Heart, although it pioneered the use of video-editing techniques which are standard practice in the film industry today, ended with a disastrous box-office gross of $ 636, 796 against a US $ 26 million budget, far from enough to recoup the costs incurred in the production of the movie, and he was forced to sell his 23-acre Zoetrope Studio in 1983.

Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number of British films produced each year gives an overview of its development: the industry experienced a boom as it first developed in the 1910s ( see 1910s in film ), but during the 1920s ( see 1920s in film ) experienced a recession caused by US competition and commercial practices.

India has made ' Development assistance ' to the country of about US $ 73, 145 in 2009 for the purchase of machinery for the coconut industry.

), a trade association for the US firearms industry, all economic activity from firearm manufacturing, distribution, and other ancillary activities totaled US $ 27. 8 billion in 2010 in the United States.

Haiti has a small mining industry, extracting minerals worth approximately US $ 13 million annually.

The small Honduran firms could not begin to compete with the assembly industry for labor because of the maquiladoras ' relatively high wage scale of close to US $ 4 per day.

The industry change to steel shot, arising from the US and Canadian Federal bans on using lead shotshells while hunting migratory wildfowl has also had an impact on reloading shotshells, as the shot bar and powder bushing required on a dedicated shotshell press also must be changed for each hull type reloaded, and are different than what would be used for reloading shotshells with lead shot, further complicating the reloading of shotshells.

As of April 2012, the estimated size of the global hedge fund industry was US $ 2. 13 trillion.

During the first decade of the new century, hedge funds regained popularity worldwide and in 2008, the worldwide industry held US $ 1. 93 trillion in assets under management.

In April 2012, the hedge fund industry reached a record high of US $ 2. 13 trillion total assets under management.

* Congressional Research Service ( CRS ) Reports regarding the US Insurance industry

The garment industry is a major job employed thousands of locals and they formed 12. 9 % of exports in 1999 earning US $ 159 million dollars.

He focused on arms manufacturing, as the US railroad market purchased from its own growing steel industry.