To restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without requirement for further congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress under the Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6062.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6062, an act to restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without” on July 30, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 8, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60587

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6062, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-564 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 21, 2024 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/564

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6062, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1280a1cc904c0b68e8ba7c079553f0c9cc73178540c5560735c38994e336c696

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RADEWAGEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 176, October 25, 2023, Page H5107):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Removes restrictions on amendments to or modifications of the constitution of American Samoa.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2023 ↗

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  192 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6062, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1280a1cc904c0b68e8ba7c079553f0c9cc73178540c5560735c38994e336c696

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