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H.R. 539 · 109th Congress

Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

Law · 109-118 · Dec 1, 2005
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  1. House Introduced Feb 2, 2005
  2. House Passed Sep 13, 2005
  3. Senate Passed Nov 16, 2005
  4. President To the President Nov 28, 2005
  5. President Signed Dec 1, 2005
  6. Law Dec 1, 2005

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 1, 2005

(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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

Latest action (Dec 1, 2005): Became Public Law No: 109-118.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 2, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Feb 2, 2005
  2. House Passed Sep 13, 2005
  3. Senate Passed Nov 16, 2005
  4. President To the President Nov 28, 2005
  5. President Signed Dec 1, 2005
  6. Law Dec 1, 2005

No recorded floor vote found.