CUBIN, BARBARA (a Representative from Wyoming)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H1742 [25AP]
Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H3643 [8JN]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H333 [15FE]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 1393), H645 [7MR]
Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 5072), H4917 [29JN]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H2502 [10MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 3907), H868 [9MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: prevent a quality grade label issued for beef and lamb from being used for imported beef or lamb (see H.R. 4689), H153 [1FE]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H1059 [15MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 3147), H155 [1FE]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4917 [29JN]
Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H1453 [4AP]
Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Dahab and Northern Sinai (see H. Res. 795), H2641 [16MY]
Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H3643 [8JN]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]
Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H1743 [25AP]
———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4958 [10JY]
Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H1563 [5AP]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1677 [6AP]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H869 [9MR]
———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3497 [7JN]
Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1258), H450 [28FE]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]
Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1744 [25AP]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1679 [6AP]
National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]
National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see H. Res. 776), H4134 [15JN]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H4917 [29JN]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H4134 [15JN]
National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H3788 [12JN]
National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1563 [5AP]
Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H1390 [30MR]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see H.R. 4713), H333 [15FE]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]
Political campaigns: reform financing of campaigns for election for Federal office (see H.R. 4759), H1853 [26AP]
Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H1979 [2MY]
Public lands: raise funds to respond to Hurricane Katrina and future disasters by selling certain Forest Service and Dept. of the Interior lands, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3855), H26 [31JA]
Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H2174 [4MY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H160 [7FE]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H1853 [26AP]
Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H25 [31JA]
Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Res. 518), H4220 [19JN]
Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H2503 [10MY]
Taxation: extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 5010), H1743 [25AP]
———extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H3137 [23MY]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1917 [27AP]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3016 [22MY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H2502 [10MY]
———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H2833 (see H.R. 4236), H2890 [18MY]
Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2833 (see H.R. 5126), H2891 [18MY]
U.N. Human Rights Council: withhold U.S. contributions (see H.R. 5476), H3226 [24MY]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H2585 [11MY]
———improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3497 [7JN]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H273 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Curt Gowdy Post Office Building, Green River, WY: designate (see H.R. 5224), H1915 [27AP]
Dept. of HHS: improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 5493), H3307 (see H.R. 5493), H3359 [25MY]
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 5324), H2338 [9MY]
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the U.S., Jackson, WY: designate (see H.R. 4717), H223 [8FE]
Remarks
Curt Gowdy Post Office Building, Green River, WY: designate (H.R. 5224), E665
Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Dahab and Northern Sinai (H. Res. 795), H2616
Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (S. 1578), H653
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (H.R. 5324), E764
National Childcare Provider Appreciation Day: observance, E822
Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4149 [16JN]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H577 [7MR]