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Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

Introduced: February 2, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 27 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2005
Signed by President.
Dec 1, 2005
Became Public Law No: 109-118.
Nov 28, 2005
Presented to President.
Nov 16, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13056)
Nov 16, 2005
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13056)
Nov 16, 2005
Cleared for White House.
Nov 16, 2005
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 19, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 247.
Oct 19, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 109-155.
Sep 14, 2005
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 13, 2005
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7828-7829)
Sep 13, 2005
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 13, 2005
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 13, 2005
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7828-7829)
Sep 13, 2005
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 539.
Sep 13, 2005
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7828-7829)
Sep 13, 2005
Mr. Fortuno moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 14, 2005
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-126.
Jun 14, 2005
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 72.
May 18, 2005
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
May 18, 2005
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 18, 2005
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
May 11, 2005
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 16, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Feb 2, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Feb 2, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E160)
Feb 2, 2005
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 14, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005 - Designates the El Toro Wilderness in the Caribbean National Forest/Luquillo Experimental Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Prohibits anything in this Act from precluding the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, climatological, or atmospheric data collection and remote transmission facilities that are essential to the scientific research purposes of the Luquillo Experimental Forest.

What's happening now December 1, 2005

Became Public Law No: 109-118.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 272 Identical bill Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005
 Bill text 7 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Apr 26, 2005
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 2, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 539: Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-539/
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"H.R. 539: Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-539/.
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