To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands, to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7496.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7496, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands, to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733” on November 14, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported on July 13, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58772

  CBO publication date

  November 14, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7496, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-605 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 7, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2022 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/605

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7496, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c62a10852681655d30e88f2998444bb43f6160d934532d486d917004bef2906

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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. 168, No. 63, April 11, 2022, Page H4438):
  Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2022 ↗

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  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7496, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c62a10852681655d30e88f2998444bb43f6160d934532d486d917004bef2906

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7496, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.