CUBIN, BARBARA (a Representative from Wyoming)

Articles and editorials

Cubin Goes Astray With Attack on Whistleblowers, Casper (WY) Star-Tribune, H11388 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H7578 [13SE]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H454 [15FE]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H1588 [29MR]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (see H.R. 2372), H255 [8FE]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H5843 [11JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H1588 [29MR]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H2341 [13AP]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

———improve procedures in the conduct of congressional communications (see H.R. 4712), H5657 [29JN]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

Foreign trade: require that imported agricultural products be subject to the same sanitary or phytosanitary measures as domestic products (see H.R. 3552), H342 [10FE]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H7578 [13SE]

Immigration: cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain aliens (see H.R. 1485), H5737 [10JY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H5737 [10JY]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6599 [19JY]

Medicaid: provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 5572), H11206 [26OC]

Medicare: designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H575 [29FE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7871 [19SE]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H2340 [13AP]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1477 [28MR]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H3049 [15MY]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3813 [24MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

———simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H2339 [13AP]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1477 [28MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4121 [8JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H1284 [22MR]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 4048), H1163 [21MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2967 [11MY]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1285 [22MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H2512 [3MY]

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H1285 [22MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2341 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (see H. Con. Res. 333), H3649 [23MY]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (see H.R. 4298), H2338 [13AP]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3867 [25MY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin (see H.R. 4297), H2338 [13AP]

Taxation: provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (see H.R. 3851), H756 [8MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H756 [8MR]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H379 [15FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5871 [12JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 333), H5176 [27JN], E825 [24MY]

Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse, Jackson, WY: designate (S. 1794), H8557 [2OC]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11386 [27OC]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding to implement Smith & Wesson (business) gun safety settlement agreement, H4899 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4455 [14JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4899 [21JN]

Diseases: recognize the severity of colon cancer and the need for education in prevention and early detection (H. Con. Res. 133), H8686, H8688 [3OC]

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (H.R. 2641), H8277 [27SE]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1221 [22MR]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), H7397 [12SE]

Mineral Management Service: revise certain royalty-in-kind procedures relative to payments for transportation to wholesale market centers, H4455 [14JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H5174 [27JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H5174 [27JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, H5174 [27JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H309 [10FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2262 [13AP]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 3850), H8682, H8684, H8685 [3OC]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2297 [13AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), H1811 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, H239 [8FE]

Tributes

Anthony, Susan B., H379 [15FE]