Albert Bryan Jr. can do little to change the territory’s exclusion from the United States Customs Zone. “The Virgin Islands’s exclusion from the U.S. Customs Zone was not a local choice,” Motta said Monday. Interior Department has yet to announce whether a shutdown will include national parks and other sites, of which there are five in the territory. Accordingly, the public will be encouraged not to visit National Park sites during the period of lapse in appropriations.”Travel times may also be affected. While a shutdown would not affect airlines, U.S. Transportation Security Administration employees and air traffic controllers will be forced to work without pay.