00                CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(STA)                                                               
01 Encouraging repeal of the REAL ID Act of 2005.                                                                          
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS the federal government has failed to show any measurable evidence that                                  
04 the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005 will make our borders more secure and                                     
05 better protect our citizens from terrorism; and                                                                         
06       WHEREAS the state, under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United                                  
07 States, has always exercised its exclusive power to establish standards and regulations for the                         
08 issuance of Alaska state driver's licenses and Alaska state identification cards; and                                   
09       WHEREAS the federal government imposes a huge fiscal burden on the division of                                  
10 motor vehicles to implement the REAL ID Act of 2005; and                                                                
11       WHEREAS noncompliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005 may result in the federal                                    
12 government illegally punishing individual Alaskans by placing limitations on state residents'                           
13 freedom of travel and access to federal facilities; and                                                                 
14       WHEREAS, as of October 1, 2020, Alaska state driver's licenses or Alaska state                                  
15 identification cards will not be acceptable identification for air travel;                                              
16       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature does not believe government                                    

01 should wage the war on terrorism at the expense of states' rights and liberties of citizens                             
02 protected by the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and be it                                           
03       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature does not believe the                                         
04 REAL ID Act of 2005 will make the United States measurably safer and encourages the                                     
05 United States Congress to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005; and be it                                                     
06       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature opposes any interference                                     
07 by the federal government with the rights of Alaska residents to travel and to freedom of                               
08 movement, including travel by air; and be it                                                                            
09       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature calls on the Governor and                                    
10 the Attorney General of the State of Alaska to challenge any proposed federal interference                              
11 with the right of Alaska residents to freedom of movement, including travel by air, and to                              
12 vigorously defend Alaska residents against any attempted interference with those rights.                                
13 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President                                   
14 of the United States; the Honorable Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States and                           
15 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the U.S. House of                                  
16 Representatives; the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S.                                      
17 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
18 delegation in Congress; and all other members of the 115th United States Congress.