2007-05-04                     House Journal                      Page 1086
HJR 17                                                                                                                        
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17                                                                                              
     Encouraging Coeur Alaska, Inc., to pursue all legal options to                                                             
     resolve the issues presented in Southeast Alaska Conservation                                                              
     Council v. United States Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of                                                              
     itself and consistent with the state's efforts to enforce its rights as a                                                  
     state over its resources; and requesting the United States Court of                                                        
     Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to adjudicate those matters that                                                             
     come before the court in a fair and impartial manner so that the                                                           
     state's natural resources can be developed in a timely and lawful                                                          
     manner.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17(RES)                                                                                  
     Encouraging Coeur Alaska, Inc., to pursue all legal options to                                                             
     resolve the issues presented in Southeast Alaska Conservation                                                              
     Council v. United States Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of                                                              
     itself and consistent with the state's efforts to enforce its rights as a                                                  
     state over its resources.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Johnson and Gatto, Co-                                                                 
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (6):  Kohring, Roses, Wilson, Seaton, Johnson, Gatto                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Do not pass (2):  Edgmon, Guttenberg                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Kawasaki                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

2007-05-04                     House Journal                      Page 1087
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHJR 17(RES):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Office of the Governor                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HJR 17 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.