00HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 11                                                                                                 
01 Requesting the Congress to clarify that the Reindeer Industry Act of 1937 no                                            
02 longer applies in the State of Alaska.                                                                                  
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:                                                                         
04  WHEREAS the State of Alaska entered into the Union on an equal footing with all                                        
05 other states, and the Statehood Compact specifically granted authority over fish and wildlife                           
06 to the State of Alaska; and                                                                                             
07  WHEREAS the State of Alaska is the only state subject to a federally imposed policy                                    
08 barring the ownership of reindeer based on race; and                                                                    
09  WHEREAS the Congress and the President of the United States are presently                                              
10 embarking on a campaign to return rights and authority to the states; and                                               
11  WHEREAS federal laws applicable to the Territory of Alaska do not necessarily apply                                    
12 to the State of Alaska; and                                                                                             
13  WHEREAS the Reindeer Industry Act of 1937 was enacted when Alaska was a                                                
14 territory and became ineffective upon statehood;                                                                        

01  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State House of Representatives respectfully                                             
02 requests the U.S. Congress to clarify that the Reindeer Industry Act of 1937 does not apply                             
03 in the State of Alaska.                                                                                                 
04  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President                                  
05 of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Strom Thurmond,                                    
06 President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S.                              
07 House of Representatives; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank                                      
08 Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of                                  
09 the Alaska delegation in Congress.