CUBIN, BARBARA (a Representative from Wyoming)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3620 [19MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]

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. 356), H236 [26JA]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see H.J. Res. 66), H8389 [27SE]

Agriculture: implement a mandatory program for country of origin labeling for meat and produce (see H.R. 4365), H10908 [17NO]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]

———support equal access for military recruiters to institutions of higher education (see H. Con. Res. 36), H285 [1FE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 788), H3331 [16MY]

Bolton, John R.: tribute (see H. Res. 260), H2978 [4MY]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H8342 [22SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3197 [11MY]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see H.R. 2842), H4355 [9JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: assess extent of invasion of salt cedar and Russian olive plants in the Western U.S. and carry out demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of such plants (see H.R. 2720), H4141 [26MY]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H8734 [6OC]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2473 [21AP]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 123), H2979 [4MY]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H72 [4JA]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H796 [17FE]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 554), H350 [2FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H2734 [28AP]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 2393), H3434 [17MY]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1847 [6AP]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1692 [17MR]

———prohibit establishment of standards to designate minimal-risk regions, including Canada, for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) unless country-of-origin labeling is required (see H.R. 384), H233 [26JA]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H8846 [17OC]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H10503 [16NO]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H2103 [14AP]

———make full payment to each unit of general local government in which entitlement land is located (see H.R. 1469), H2551 [26AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H412 [8FE]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H9554 [2NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H8986 [19OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7565 [28JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1846 [6AP]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8102 [19SE]

———reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 1299), H1697 [17MR]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H845 [1MR]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3813), H8389 [27SE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H3894 [24MY]

———repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H983 [3MR]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]

Federal agencies and departments: require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance (see H.R. 3143), H5600 [30JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H7564 [28JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H5604 [30JN]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 420), H3055 [5MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H3262 [12MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2658), H7861 [13SE]

FEMA: require reimbursement of any amounts borrowed for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4453), H11219 [7DE]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H1025 [8MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1369 [10MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H286 [1FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H8809 [7OC]

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to address shortages in rural areas (see H.R. 1654), H3262 [12MY]

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. 278), H197 [25JA]

Immigration: provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H11036 [18NO]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H848 [1MR]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3261 [12MY]

———recognize the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system (see H. Res. 215), H9556 [2NO]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3894 [24MY]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H8846 [17OC]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H197 [25JA]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H584 [10FE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H11220 [7DE]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H7561 [28JY]

Medicare: establish a floor for physician payment rates (see H.R. 4078), H11036 [18NO]

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 222), H2476 [25AP]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2362), H3330 [16MY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H9103 [25OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H4802 [20JN]

National parks and recreation areas: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H5603 [30JN]

National Review (publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H10157 [10NO]

National Safe Boating Week: recognize the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the National Safe Boating Council for promotion efforts (see H. Res. 243), H3263 [12MY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H3198 [11MY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H12048 [16DE]

Nuclear weapons: establish U.S. policy on size of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile force (see H.R. 4051), H8808 [7OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 3811), H8342 [22SE] (see H.R. 3918), H8387 [27SE] (see H.R. 4318), H11036 [18NO]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see H.R. 4257), H10038 [8NO]

Pantano, Ilario: call for investigation of murder charges resulting from the killing of Iraqi insurgents (see H. Res. 167), H3332 [16MY]

Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H8163 [20SE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H2473 [21AP]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1371 [10MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (see H.R. 1640), H2100 [14AP]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 586), H2394 [20AP]

———raise funds to respond to Hurricane Katrina and future disasters by selling certain Forest Service and Dept. of the Interior lands (see H.R. 3855), H8247 [21SE]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7566 [28JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5915 [14JY] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2981), H4722 [17JN]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 146), H4074 [25MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H8846 [17OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 1286), H2395 [20AP]

———reform by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program and provide new limitations on the budget (see H.R. 1776), H3331 [16MY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]

States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H7612 [29JY]

———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 1235), H1369 [10MR]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5362 [28JN]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8249 [21SE]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H4656 [16JN]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H9277 [26OC]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H2150 [19AP]

———allow individuals a credit against income tax to offset the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 3828), H8342 [22SE]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 446), H9962 [7NO]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 442), H2150 [19AP]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H12290 [18DE]

———extend and modify credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 2899), H4656 [16JN]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 3080), H6328 [21JY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H2880 [3MY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H1846 [6AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H3695 [19MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H412 [8FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H2473 [21AP]

———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 3409), H6380 [22JY]

———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7741 [7SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H2395 [20AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5801 [13JY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H524 [9FE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H2473 [21AP]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H3060 [9MY]

World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 2337), H3260 [12MY]

Coal: develop Federal coal resources (see H.R. 905), H792 [17FE]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3867), H8340 [22SE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize contracts with Cheyenne, WY, for water storage in the Kendrick Project (see H.R. 1046), H940 [2MR]

———grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for certain activities (see H.R. 907), H792 [17FE]

Devils Tower National Monument: retain name of the geologic formation known as ``Devils Tower'' (see H.R. 1154), H1023 [8MR]

Drugs: provide incentives to companies to invest in research and development of antibiotic drugs, antivirals, diagnostic tests, and vaccines that may be used to identify, treat, or prevent an infectious disease (see H.R. 3154), H5600 [30JN]

FEMA: direct the President to designate a Small State Advocate (see H.R. 2338), H3260 [12MY]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 1232), H1369 [10MR]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (see H.R. 3153), H5600 [30JN]

Fuller, Ashley Ross: relief (see H.R. 989), H797 [17FE]

Mineral Leasing Act: set forth procedures for reinstatement of leases terminated due to unforeseeable circumstances (see H.R. 1181), H1263 [9MR]

Public lands: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 906), H792 [17FE]

———reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see H.R. 811), H628 [15FE]

Radioactive substances: provide for the disposition of U.S. uranium inventories (see H.R. 904), H792 [17FE]

Social Security: provide congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements (see H.R. 2339), H3260 [12MY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (see H.R. 1600), H1968 [13AP]

Tariff: acrylic fiber tow (see H.R. 1978, 1979), H2735 [28AP]

Taxation: provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (see H.R. 1557), H1894 [12AP]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H3768 [23MY]

Wyoming: extend contract for Glendo Unit of Missouri River Basin Project (see H.R. 4080), H8985 [19OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: repeal delay in implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for meat and meat products, H4241 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4241 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H3620 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3620 [19MY]

Endangered Species Act: imposing of potential Federal regualtory requirements, withholding of permits and licenses, or requiring special stipulations on Federal leases relative to not yet listed species, H8546 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8546 [29SE]

FCC: ensure regular updates to the Industry Guidance Regarding Broadcast Decency document, H660 [16FE]

FEMA: direct the President to designate a Small State Advocate (H.R. 2338), E954 [12MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), H9006 [20OC]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (H.R. 1232), E413 [10MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4919 [22JN]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H561 [10FE]

———provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3221 [12MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2203 [20AP]

Roads and highways: reopening of Beartooth All-American Highway from Red Lodge, MT, to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (H. Res. 309), H4322 [9JN]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1733 [20MR]

Social Security: provide congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements (H.R. 2339), E963 [13MY]

Taxation: provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (H.R. 1557), E612 [12AP]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (H.R. 310), H660 [16FE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (H.R. 2533), E1063 [23MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4158 [7JN]

Tributes

Anthony, Susan B., E255 [16FE]