SB790 designates the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.
The change is a formal naming designation, with Section 1 establishing the new name, Section 1(b) ensuring all references in law reflect the rename, and Section 1(c) amending the underlying statute that created the center. The bill does not authorize funding or alter the center’s mission or operations.
In practical terms, this is a codified identity update: it changes how the center is named in federal law and related references, and it requires a conforming amendment to Public Law 105–290 to reflect the new designation. There is no alteration to the center’s governance, funding, or programmatic mandate, and no new authorities are created by this bill.
At a Glance
What It Does
The bill designates the Casper, Wyoming center as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center and requires that references in law reflect the new name. It also amends the underlying statute to use the updated designation.
Who It Affects
Federal agencies and offices that reference the center in statutes or regulations, plus state and local entities that reference the center in official materials.
Why It Matters
It resolves ambiguity in naming, ensures consistency across legal documents, and honors Barbara L. Cubin with an official designation without altering program scope or funding.
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What This Bill Actually Does
The bill focuses on a naming change rather than a policy change. It redesignates the Casper, Wyoming, National Historic Trails Interpretive Center as the Barbara L.
Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. To implement this, Section 1(a) states the new name, Section 1(b) ensures that references to the center in law read the new name, and Section 1(c) amends Public Law 105–290 so the original creation of the center recognizes the renamed title.
This change is strictly nominal. It does not authorize new funding, modify the center’s mission, change eligibility or oversight, or alter administrative structures.
Instead, it provides a clean, official branding update across federal statutes and records that reference the center, with administrative steps limited to updating the statutory language and cross-references.For lawmakers, historians, and compliance professionals, the bill clarifies how the center should be named in official documents, signage, and legal references, reducing potential confusion for researchers and visitors while maintaining the status quo for operations and funding.
The Five Things You Need to Know
The bill designates the Casper center as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.
Section 1(a) establishes the new official name for the center.
Section 1(b) requires all legal references to read the new name.
Section 1(c) amends Public Law 105-290 to reflect the renamed center in the statute.
No funds are authorized; the change is nominal and administrative only.
Section-by-Section Breakdown
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Designation of Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
Section 1(a) designates the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. This is a formal branding change that does not alter the center’s authority, funding, or mission. The designation leverages the existing center established under Public Law 105–290.
In General—Name
This subsection codifies the new name, making clear that the center shall be known and designated by the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. The action is purely nominal and affects how the site is identified in official materials and references.
References
Section 1(b) ensures that any reference in law, maps, regulations, documents, or other records to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center is deemed to refer to the Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. This prevents ambiguity in statutory or administrative references across federal documents.
Conforming Amendment
Section 1(c) amends Section 2(a) of Public Law 105–290, replacing the old designation with the new name in the second sentence. The amendment aligns the foundational statute with the renamed center, ensuring consistency across the legislative record.
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Who Benefits
- Casper, Wyoming—local government and tourism officials benefit from a cleaned branding and potential marketing alignment for the center and related materials.
- Visitors and researchers who reference the center in official materials gain clarity and consistency in the center’s official name.
- Wyoming cultural and historical organizations receive formal recognition of the site’s branding within a federal framework.
Who Bears the Cost
- No new funding is authorized, so program budgets remain unchanged; any administrative updating of signage or materials represents a minor, one-time cost to federal or local agencies.
- Federal agencies and state/local offices may incur small administrative costs to update references in statutes, regulations, and official publications.
- Local tourism entities in Casper may incur minor branding update costs (signage, websites, brochures) but these are not mandated by the bill and would depend on existing branding plans.
Key Issues
The Core Tension
The central dilemma is balancing a ceremonial naming honor with the administrative effort required to update official references and branding across federal documents, without altering the center’s mission or funding.
This bill is a nominal, branding-focused change. Its primary policy effect is to correct the official name of a federal site and to ensure legal references throughout statutes reflect that name.
Because the change does not alter the center’s funding, governance, or programmatic mandate, implementation is straightforward: identify all references to the old name in statutory text and related records and replace them with the new designation.
A potential practical tension is the administrative overhead associated with updating a federal site name across multiple documents, databases, and signage. While the financial footprint is not defined in the bill, agencies typically bear minimal costs to reflect such changes in online portals, catalogs, and regulatory references, which must be weighed against the benefit of consistency and proper attribution of legacy figures.
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