2004-02-06                     Senate Journal                      Page 2084
Bay (Alaska Peninsula) competitive oil and gas areawide lease sale to                               
oil and gas exploration licensing and shallow natural gas leasing; and                              
providing for an effective date." Signing do pass: Senator Ogan, Chair;                             
Senators Seekins, Ben Stevens, Wagoner, Dyson, Elton.                                               
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Natural Resources                                           
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.                                                       
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                        Introduction and Reference of                                            
                              Senate Resolutions                                                 
                                                                                                    
SJR 25                                                                                            
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25 BY SENATOR OLSON,                                                    
                                                                                                    
          Recommending that certain federal funding                                                 
          restrictions be eased so that more villages in Alaska                                     
          would qualify for assistance relating to flooding and                                     
          erosion.                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Community and Regional                                  
Affairs and State Affairs Committees.                                                               
                                                                                                    
SJR 26                                                                                            
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 26 BY SENATOR                                                           
WAGONER,                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
          Requesting the United States Department of the                                            
          Interior and the United States Department of Justice                                      
          to appeal the decision of the United States Court of                                      
          Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in The Wilderness                                           
          Society v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service                                        
          and to seek an emergency stay of the decision                                             
          pending an appeal of the decision to the United States                                    
          Supreme Court.                                                                            
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.