00                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 21                                                                    
01 Requesting the United States Congress to change the name of a proposed federal fund                                     
02 for coastal plain impact aid.                                                                                           
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the United States Congress has under consideration legislation that                                     
05 would create a fund to provide aid to the City of Kaktovik, the North Slope Borough, and any                            
06 other municipality, village, or community in the State of Alaska that is directly affected by                           
07 exploration for or production of oil or gas on the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife                        
08 Refuge (ANWR); and                                                                                                      
09       WHEREAS public notice and awareness are important aspects of government; and                                    
10       WHEREAS the proposed name of the fund is the "Coastal Plain Local Government                                    
11 Impact Aid Assistance Fund," and this implies that only local governments within the coastal                            
12 plain will have the benefit of the fund, which is not the case, since other local governments                           
13 and communities may qualify;                                                                                            
14       BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the members of the Alaska                                   
15 delegation in Congress are respectfully requested to change the name of the proposed                                    
16 "Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund" to the "ANWR Development                                    

01 Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund."                                                                           
02       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the                                    
03 Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.                                              
04 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.