Sponsor
Harriet Hageman
Representative · R-WY
The bill standardizes and legally adopts a new name for a federal landmark—boosting local recognition and reducing federal naming confusion—at the cost of small administrative expenses and potential local controversy over the renaming.
Residents and visitors in the local Wyoming community gain formal recognition of a local landmark under a new name, likely increasing community pride and modestly boosting tourism.
Federal agencies, mapmakers, and other official users get a clear legal directive to adopt the new name, reducing future naming confusion in official materials and ensuring consistency across federal publications and maps.
Local residents and stakeholders may view renaming a public facility after a political figure as partisan or controversial, which can create community tension or disagreement.
Federal agencies will incur minor administrative costs to update signs, publications, databases, and maps to reflect the new name.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Renames the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center and updates federal references to the new name.
Representative · R-WY
Official title: To redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".
Introduced February 27, 2025 by Harriet Hageman · Last progress February 27, 2025
Renames the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center" and requires that all federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, and records that refer to the former name be treated as referring to the new name. It also amends the cited public law to replace the prior name with the new name in the specified sentence. The change is purely nominal: it updates legal and administrative references to reflect the new name and does not create new programs, change funding, or alter operations of the center.