House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Secretary of the Interior to provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge.
Sponsor: Rep. Nick Rahall D-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2005
- Committee actionOct 19, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 174.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1183.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1183, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge” on November 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 19, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17487
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1183, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1183
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
762426924e41240bbb468114cfbf090bf7be3e9874ffcda67780e9286559fce5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1183, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge” on November 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 19, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17487
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1183, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1183
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
762426924e41240bbb468114cfbf090bf7be3e9874ffcda67780e9286559fce5
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-320 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 6, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/320
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1183, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1183
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
762426924e41240bbb468114cfbf090bf7be3e9874ffcda67780e9286559fce5
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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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Jim Leach (R-IA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.