HR 1723 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Caribbean National Forest Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 10, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Anibal Acevedo-Vila D-PR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 22, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2354)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 10, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Caribbean National Forest Act of 2003 - Designates approximately 10,000 acres of land in the Caribbean National Forest/Luquillo Experimental Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as the El Toro Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Provides that designation of the Wilderness shall not be construed to prevent within the area's boundaries: (1) installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, climatological, or atmospheric data collection and transmission facilities when they are essential to the scientific research purposes of the Luquillo Experimental Forest; (2) construction and maintenance of nesting structures, observation blinds, and population monitoring platforms for threatened and endangered species; or (3) construction and maintenance of trails to such facilities as necessary for research purposes and the recovery of such species.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2003 to Dec 8, 2003, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalApr 10, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-COMark UdallOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaApr 30, 2003
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Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 22, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2354)
  2. Jul 24, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  3. Jun 17, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1278)
  4. Apr 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
  5. Apr 10, 2003Introduced in House
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Subjects

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