00                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                                                     
01 Commending and supporting actions taken by the Office of the Governor, the attorney                                     
02 general, and the commissioner of natural resources to protect the state from federal                                    
03 government incursion into the care and management of state resources and to promote                                     
04 the economic prosperity of the state; and urging the United States Congress and the                                     
05 President of the United States to limit federal government overreach into management                                    
06 of state resources.                                                                                                     
07 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
08       WHEREAS the federal government is attempting some regulatory actions that are                                   
09 adverse and contrary to the interests of the state and its citizens; and                                                
10       WHEREAS the Office of the Governor, the attorney general, and the commissioner                                
11 of natural resources, with strong support by the Alaska State Legislature, have challenged the                          
12 federal government in court for its misuse of the Endangered Species Act in its expansive                               
13 designation of critical habitat for polar bears, for restricting access to Alaska rivers, for                           
14 denying use of rights-of-way that are essential to access land in the state, and for taking                             

01 adverse actions against our timber interests, mining interests, and interests in development of                         
02 federal onshore and outer continental shelf oil and gas resources; and                                                  
03       WHEREAS, under art. VIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the policy of                            
04 the state is to encourage the development of its resources by making them available for                                 
05 maximum use consistent with the public interest; and                                                                    
06       WHEREAS actions taken by the state's executive and the Alaska State Legislature                                 
07 seek to protect the collective interests of the people of the state and promote a future of                             
08 economic security and prosperity;                                                                                       
09       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature commends and supports the                                      
10 actions of the Office of the Governor, the attorney general, and the commissioner of natural                            
11 resources to protect the state from federal government incursion into the care and                                      
12 management of state resources and to promote the economic prosperity of the state; and be it                            
13       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States                                      
14 Congress and the President of the United States to limit federal government overreach into                              
15 management of state resources.                                                                                          
16       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of                             
17 the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and                          
18 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of                                  
19 Representatives; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S.                                   
20 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
21 delegation in Congress.