House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-483
To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades National Park.
Became law on Dec 23, 2004.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2004
- Committee actionMay 19, 2004
- Passed HouseJul 19, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2004
- Became lawDec 23, 2004
Latest action: Dec 23, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-483.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3785.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3785, A bill to authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades National Park” on May 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 19, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15697
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3785, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b095062a3c25286a24379083dddb2be0661b0b0ab201532f4e4288eb61abab6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3785, A bill to authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades National Park” on May 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 19, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15697
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3785, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b095062a3c25286a24379083dddb2be0661b0b0ab201532f4e4288eb61abab6
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-516 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 1, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/516
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3785, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b095062a3c25286a24379083dddb2be0661b0b0ab201532f4e4288eb61abab6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3785, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 17 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Jim Davis (D-FL), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ric Keller (R-FL), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), E. Shaw (R-FL), Dave Weldon (R-FL), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.