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House Bill 7496
117th Congress(2021-2022)
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.
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Passed House on Dec 12, 2022
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H. R. 7496 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7496


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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 11, 2022

Ms. Plaskett (for herself and Mr. Reschenthaler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.