CUBIN, BARBARA (a Representative from Wyoming)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7945 [30SE]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H11057 [7DE]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H5151 [25JN]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H7329 [21SE]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H2816 [11MY]

Ecology and environment: create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H2019 [1AP]

Education: establish a national leadership initiative to promote and coordinate knowledge utilization in education (see H.R. 4043), H1592 [25MR]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H1116 [16MR]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7736 [28SE]

FCC: vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws in order to protect children in the U.S. from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio (see H. Res. 500), H89 [21JA]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 648), H8168 [5OC]

Firefighters: require the temporary reinstatement of contracts for large air tankers that were cancelled by the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior (see H.R. 4533), H5402 [8JY]

Fish and fishing: protect the public's ability to fish for sport (see H.R. 2890), H927 [9MR]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]

Immigration: increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (see H.R. 4052), H2200 [20AP]

———waive numerical limitation on certain nonimmigrants if a petitioning employer employed such a nonimmigrant during a certain period (see H.R. 4041), H2155 [2AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H8168 [5OC]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H1230 [17MR]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see H.R. 4006), H1322 [18MR]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H514 [11FE]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4341), H3441 (see H.R. 4341), H3541 [20MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and direct the EPA to carry out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada on the importation of solid waste (see H.R. 4940), H6702 [22JY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H516 [11FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H7864 [29SE]

———make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 4629), H4646 [21JN]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 4718), H6707 [22JY]

———provide for refunds to taxpayers of the budget surplus for each year of surplus (see H.R. 3784), H516 [11FE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H752 [2MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H7864 [29SE]

———treatment of meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 2094), H7138 [14SE]

———treatment of startup partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 3225), H89 [21JA]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H88 [21JA]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

U.S. Geological Survey: anniversary (see H. Res. 556), H1011 [10MR]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 4010), H1369 [23MR]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see H.R. 4194), H2371 [22AP] (see H.R. 4625), H4646 [21JN]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (see H.R. 3796), H514 [11FE]

Cost Estimates

Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act (H.R. 4625): CBO, H5944 [19JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 107), E1778 [1OC]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H656 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: phase out of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H4448, H4451 [17JN]

———prohibit funding to kill or assist others in killing bison in Yellowstone National Park, H4439 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4439, H4448, H4451 [17JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7767 [29SE]

Ecology and environment: clarify that Federal agencies are not required to provide alternative project locations or actions within environmental impact statements for renewable energy projects (H.R. 4513), H3982, H3987 [15JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7918 [30SE]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8678 [7OC]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (H.R. 4625), H5943 [19JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3833 [9JN]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, E1778 [1OC]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1030 [11MR]

Tributes

Phelps, Chance, E983 [2JN]