00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 279                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the implementation of the rules and regulations of the United States                                
02 Environmental Protection Agency in the state."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       FINDINGS. The legislature finds that                                                                              
07            (1)  the rulemaking authority of the United States Environmental Protection                                  
08 Agency is not authorized and violates the true meaning and intent of the Constitution of the                            
09 United States, as given by the drafters and ratifiers of the Constitution of the United States;                         
10            (2)  the rulemaking authority of the United States Environmental Protection                                  
11 Agency is invalid in the state, is rejected by the state, and is considered void, having no effect                      
12 in the state; and                                                                                                       
13            (3)  it is the duty of the legislature to adopt and enact the measures necessary to                          
14 prevent the enforcement of rules issued by the United States Environmental Protection                                   

01 Agency that are not specifically authorized by the United States Congress or the legislature.                           
02    * Sec. 2. AS 44.99.040(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
03            (a)  A state or municipal agency may not use or authorize the use of an asset to                             
04       implement or aid in the implementation of a requirement of                                                        
05                 (1)  an order of the President of the United States, a federal regulation,                              
06       or a law enacted by the United States Congress that is applied to                                                 
07                      (A)  infringe on a person's right, under the Second Amendment                                      
08            to the Constitution of the United States, to keep and bear arms;                                             
09                      (B)  deny a person a right to due process, or a protection of due                                  
10            process, that would otherwise be available to the person under the Constitution                              
11            of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States; [OR]                                        
12                 (2)  P.L. 109-13, Division B (REAL ID Act of 2005); or                                              
13                 (3)  rules or regulations adopted by the United States                                              
14       Environmental Protection Agency that are not authorized by the Constitution of                                
15       the United States, an Act of Congress, or the legislature.