Wyoming honors former congresswoman with interpretive center renaming
S. 790 — A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center". · Filed by Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
This bill renames the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming to the 'Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.' It amends a 1998 federal law that established the center by striking the old name and inserting the new one. The bill has no fiscal impact and does not change the center's function or operations.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename an existing federal facility in honor of Barbara L. Cubin. This is a straightforward commemorative act with no policy, regulatory, or fiscal mechanism beyond the name change itself.
Who it affects
Renaming a public facility to honor a deceased public servant or community figure is a routine commemorative act with no adverse civic cost. The center's public mission and operations remain unchanged; citizens retain full access and benefit from the facility under its new name.
Named in the bill
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyoming, Barbara L. Cubin, Public Law 105–290, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Feb 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held”
- Feb 4, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
- May 20, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2387; text: CR S2387)”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Sep 22, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Sep 25, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Signed by President”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (282 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
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