S. 790Senate bill · 119th CongressSigned into lawPublic Lands and Natural Resources

A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".

Sponsored byCynthia M. LummisR-WYIntroduced Feb 27, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Sep 25, 2026) — Signed by President.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Feb 27, 2025

This bill renames the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center located in Casper, Wyoming, as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.

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  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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lauren_vDemoOK-2voted Nay14d ago
What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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j_okonkwoDemoNC-14voted Yea15d ago
The cost estimate assumes full compliance, and full compliance never happens. That gap is where these things go wrong. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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PragmaticPeteDemoAL-315d ago
Honest question, not a trap: what would change your mind?
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civicsnerdDemoGA-10voted Nay12d ago
I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument.
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granite_porchDemoKY-2voted Yea15d ago
I keep going back and forth on this one. The problem is real; I'm not convinced this is the instrument for it. None of that is settled by the summary.
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abel_commuterDemoNY-1voted Yea11d ago
I'd support this and still say the effective date is optimistic. Everything downstream of it assumes agencies move faster than they do. Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.
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harbor_districtDemoOH-4voted Nay10d ago
Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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dev.oduyaDemoVI-ALvoted Yea10d ago
I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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TheLongViewDemoNY-610d ago
Fair, though the alternative on the table is nothing, and nothing has a cost too.
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river_readerDemoIL-10voted Nay11d ago
The drafting is loose in places where loose drafting is expensive. Conference could fix it; conference could also make it worse. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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arthur_readerDemoAZ-4voted Nay12d ago
Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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civicsnerdDemoGA-10voted Nay12d ago
"The states are doing it" cuts the other way for me. If it works there, why federalise it?
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abel_commuterDemoNY-1voted Yea14d ago
The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail.
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rustbelt_rayDemoLA-2voted Yea15d ago
The pilot-programme framing is the part I'd watch. Pilots have a way of becoming permanent at the next reauthorisation. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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river_readerDemoIL-10voted Nay12d ago
The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail. The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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nadia.hartleyDemoNV-2voted Yea14d ago
I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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abel_commuterDemoNY-1voted Yea14d ago
The reporting requirement *is* the guardrail. Once the numbers are public the politics change on their own.
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j_okonkwoDemoNC-14voted Yea11d ago
Worth reading the sponsor list before deciding — it's less partisan than the framing suggests. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.
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TheQuietMajorityDemoCA-12voted Yea11d ago
I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.
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harborlightDemoCA-40voted Yea15d ago
This is unglamorous plumbing, and unglamorous plumbing is usually what matters. Yes from me. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.
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