To extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4731.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4731, a bill to extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes” on June 19, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 7, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54084

  CBO publication date

  June 19, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4731, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1049 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 27, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1049

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4731, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  379e429efe7fbcb15b4601ad73301d28e7e585d0bde62d2d40fa541f05d0af6a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 209, December 21, 2017, Page H10421):
  Under Article IV, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution, Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 21, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  212 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4731, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  379e429efe7fbcb15b4601ad73301d28e7e585d0bde62d2d40fa541f05d0af6a

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