H.R. 7496 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 438 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7496 [Report No. 117–605] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11, 2022Ms. Plaskett (for herself and Mr. Reschenthaler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources December 7, 2022Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 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. 1. Installation of plaque commemorating slave rebellion on St. John (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall install, in an appropriate location in the area of the Ram Head trail at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands, a suitable plaque to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John on November 23, 1733. (b) Contents of plaque The plaque installed under subsection (a) shall include information regarding— (1) important facts about the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733; (2) the collective suicide that occurred during the slave rebellion in the vicinity of Ram Head on St. John in 1734; and (3) the significance of the slave rebellion to the history of St. John, the United States Virgin Islands, and the United States. December 7, 2022Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed