00                            SENATE BILL NO. 118                                                                         
01 "An Act establishing the committee on nullification of federal laws; and providing a                                    
02 directive to the lieutenant governor."                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 24.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05              Article 4. Committee on Nullification of Federal Laws.                                                   
06            Sec. 24.20.700. Committee on nullification of federal laws established;                                    
07       duties. (a) The committee on nullification of federal laws is established as a                                  
08       permanent interim committee of the legislature.                                                                   
09            (b)  The committee is composed of                                                                            
10                 (1)  the president of the senate, or the president's designee;                                          
11                 (2)  six members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate,                               
12       with not more than four members being members of the same political party;                                        
13                 (3)  the speaker of the house of representatives, or the speaker's                                      
14       designee; and                                                                                                     

01                 (4)  six members of the house of representatives, appointed by the                                      
02       speaker of the house, with not more than four members being members of the same                                   
03       political party.                                                                                                  
04            (c)  The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives                             
05       shall serve as co-chairs of the committee.                                                                        
06            (d)  Each committee member shall serve a two-year term, coinciding with the                                  
07       beginning and end of the regular session of the legislature each odd- numbered year.                              
08            (e)  The committee shall meet at the call of either co-chair.                                                
09            (f)  Upon receipt of a federal statute, regulation, or an executive order for                                
10 consideration and process, the committee shall recommend whether to nullify in its                                      
11 entirety a specific federal statute, regulation, or executive order. In making its                                      
12 recommendation, the committee shall consider whether the statute, regulation, or                                        
13 executive order is outside the scope of the powers delegated to the federal government                                  
14       in the Constitution of the United States.                                                                         
15 (g)  The committee may review existing federal statutes, regulations, and                                               
16 executive orders enacted before the effective date of this section for the purpose of                                   
17 determining constitutionality and shall recommend whether to nullify in its entirety a                                  
18       specific federal statute, regulation, or executive order.                                                         
19 (h)  Upon the committee's recommendation, the legislature, by concurrent                                                
20       resolution, may consider whether to nullify the federal action.                                                   
21 (i)  If the legislature adopts a concurrent resolution to nullify a federal statute,                                    
22 regulation, or executive order based on constitutionality by a majority of the                                          
23 membership of each house, the state and the citizens of the state may not recognize or                                  
24       be obligated to abide by the federal law or executive order.                                                      
25    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
26 read:                                                                                                                   
27 DIRECTIVE. The lieutenant governor shall forward a copy of the enrolled version of                                      
28 this bill to the President of the United States, the president of the United States Senate, the                         
29 speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the Alaska                                    
30 congressional delegation.