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Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

Introduced: February 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 27, 2005
Held at the desk.
Jul 27, 2005
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 27, 2005
Received in the House.
Jul 26, 2005
Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9018-9052; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9035; text as passed Senate: CR S9035)
Jul 26, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9018-9052; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9035; text as passed Senate: CR S9035)
Mar 10, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47.
Mar 10, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-34.
Feb 16, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 3, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S980)
Feb 3, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S980)
Feb 3, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 10, 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 July 27, 2005

Held at the desk.

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