2004-05-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 3307
HJR 48                                                                                            
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair, moved and asked unanimous consent                                      
that the State Affairs Committee referral be waived on CS FOR                                       
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 48(RLS) Sending a message of                                             
goodwill to President Chen Shui-bian and to the people of Taiwan, and                               
reaffirming the Alaska State Legislature's 2003 resolution urging the                               
United States Congress to support the granting of official Observer                                 
Status to the Republic of China on Taiwan and to support negotiation                                
of a free trade agreement with the Republic of China on Taiwan.                                     
Without objection, the resolution was referred to the Rules Committee.