Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 272.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 272, Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005” on February 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 16, 2005</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16281

  CBO publication date

  February 23, 2005

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 272, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f08a9a0bba65bce143a46ffb89606f98a58f3958b13ab905a3d812b60136f21

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 272, Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005” on February 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 16, 2005”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16281

  CBO publication date

  February 23, 2005

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 272, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f08a9a0bba65bce143a46ffb89606f98a58f3958b13ab905a3d812b60136f21

• 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: S. Rept. 109-34 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 10, 2005.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/34

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 272, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f08a9a0bba65bce143a46ffb89606f98a58f3958b13ab905a3d812b60136f21

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.539, which became Public Law 109-118 on 12/1/2005.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 272, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f08a9a0bba65bce143a46ffb89606f98a58f3958b13ab905a3d812b60136f21

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