House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-118

Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

H.R. 539Introduced Feb 2, 2005Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Became law on Dec 1, 2005.

Sponsor: Rep. Luis Fortuno R-PR

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
Committee actionMay 18, 2005
Passed HouseSep 13, 2005 · by voice vote
Passed SenateNov 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentNov 28, 2005
Became lawDec 1, 2005

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

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 539.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 539, Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005” on May 19, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 18, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16542
CBO publication date
May 19, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 539, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/539
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c413370e4e1c9f7b4791a9832fcc868d14ca1e7135b2095256c14f75b7878ed1
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 539, Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005” on May 19, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 18, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16542
CBO publication date
May 19, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 539, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/539
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c413370e4e1c9f7b4791a9832fcc868d14ca1e7135b2095256c14f75b7878ed1
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 539, Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005” on October 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resouces on September 28, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17259
CBO publication date
October 6, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 539, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/539
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c413370e4e1c9f7b4791a9832fcc868d14ca1e7135b2095256c14f75b7878ed1
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 539, Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005” on October 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resouces on September 28, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17259
CBO publication date
October 6, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 539, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/539
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c413370e4e1c9f7b4791a9832fcc868d14ca1e7135b2095256c14f75b7878ed1
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 109-155 ↗; H. Rept. 109-126 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/155
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/126
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 539, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/539
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c413370e4e1c9f7b4791a9832fcc868d14ca1e7135b2095256c14f75b7878ed1
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 539, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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

15 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 15 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.

Roy Blunt (R-MO), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Luis Fortuno.

Sponsor’s state and district

Puerto Rico in Congress · PR at-large district

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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.