Enrolled HJR 28: Urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress not to adopt any policy, rule, or administrative action or enact legislation that would restrict energy exploration, development, and production in federal and state waters around Alaska, the outer continental shelf within 200 miles of shore, and elsewhere in the continental United States; urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to encourage and promote continued exploration, development, and production of domestic oil and gas resources.
00Enrolled HJR 28 01 Urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress not to adopt any 02 policy, rule, or administrative action or enact legislation that would restrict energy 03 exploration, development, and production in federal and state waters around Alaska, the outer 04 continental shelf within 200 miles of shore, and elsewhere in the continental United States; 05 urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to encourage and 06 promote continued exploration, development, and production of domestic oil and gas 07 resources. 08 _______________ 09 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 10 WHEREAS the future growth of the United States economy is energy-dependent and 11 requires access to domestic oil and gas resources, alternative and renewable energy resources, 12 and increased conservation; and 13 WHEREAS the United States, as a matter of national policy, needs to reduce its long- 14 term dependence on foreign energy sources for the purposes of economic and national 15 security; and
01 WHEREAS responsible development and expansion of domestic energy resources 02 will generate thousands of much-needed jobs; result in billions of dollars in new investment in 03 and tax revenue for federal, state, and local governments; reduce oil imports; stem the flow of 04 United States dollars to foreign governments for the purchase of energy supplies; and 05 generally ensure the health of the United States economy in the short and long term; and 06 WHEREAS wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and other alternative energy resources 07 hold the potential for meeting future energy demands and deserve support, but are incapable 08 of meeting current domestic energy needs; and 09 WHEREAS current domestic energy needs require increased access to domestic oil 10 and gas while alternative energy resources are developed for the future; and 11 WHEREAS vast energy resources in the United States, including billions of barrels of 12 oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas in areas on the North Slope and offshore from 13 Alaska remain untouched and could be developed economically; and 14 WHEREAS new drilling techniques and environmentally sound exploration, 15 development, and production technologies enable the development of oil and gas reserves in 16 the continental United States and on the outer continental shelf as domestic energy resources; 17 and 18 WHEREAS the safe and responsible exploration and development of all domestic 19 energy resources to provide economic and national security is in the best interests of the 20 citizens of the United States; and 21 WHEREAS the people of Alaska support the safe and responsible development of 22 domestic energy resources and recognize the economic benefits of a balanced energy policy 23 that includes increased development of domestic oil and gas resources; 24 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the President of the 25 United States and the United States Congress not to adopt any policy, rule, or administrative 26 action or enact legislation that would restrict energy exploration, development, and production 27 in federal and state waters around Alaska, the outer continental shelf within 200 miles of 28 shore, and elsewhere in the continental United States; and be it 29 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the President of the 30 United States and the United States Congress to encourage and promote continued responsible 31 exploration, development, and production of domestic oil and gas resources.
01 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of 02 the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and 03 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Ken Salazar, United States Secretary of the 04 Interior; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the 05 Honorable John Boehner, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; the 06 Honorable Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mitch McConnell, 07 Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Jeff Bingaman, Chair of the Energy and 08 Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the 09 Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, 10 members of the Alaska delegation in Congress; and all other members of the 111th United 11 States Congress.