House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Donna Christensen D-VIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 13, 2008
- Passed HouseMar 4, 2008 · 378–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 17, 2008 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1143.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1143, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Island National Park” on February 26, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 13, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19494
- CBO publication date
- February 26, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1143, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd75fb3e9b1c1170c6625b48f69ad42a998f6a6af85291b2a406a7b09ca4552a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1143, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Island National Park” on February 26, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 13, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19494
- CBO publication date
- February 26, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1143, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd75fb3e9b1c1170c6625b48f69ad42a998f6a6af85291b2a406a7b09ca4552a
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-532 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 28, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/532
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1143, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd75fb3e9b1c1170c6625b48f69ad42a998f6a6af85291b2a406a7b09ca4552a
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1143, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Christensen.
- H.R. 57 (110th) To repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands.
- H.R. 2705 (110th) Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007
- H.R. 3079 (110th) To amend the joint resolution that approved the covenant establishing the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other…
- H.R. 53 (110th) Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act
- H.Con.Res. 2 (110th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that children in the United States should understand and appreciate the contributions of individuals…
- H.R. 2107 (110th) To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.