2014-02-19                     House Journal                      Page 1627
A message dated February 18, 2014, was read stating the Senate                                                                  
passed the following, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                      FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                            
                         OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SJR 15                                                                                                                        
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15 by Senators GIESSEL,                                                                             
Dyson, Micciche, Dunleavy, Bishop, Coghill, Huggins, Kelly,                                                                     
Fairclough, Stedman, Meyer, McGuire, Stevens, Olson, and Egan:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Opposing any international designation of Alaska land or water as                                                          
     an international park, world heritage site, biosphere reserve,                                                             
     Ramsar site, or other classification of land or water that affects the                                                     
     use of land or water by the state or an Alaska Native corporation                                                          
     without approval by the United States Congress and the Alaska                                                              
     State Legislature; requesting the United States Department of                                                              
     State and the United States Department of the Interior to cease all                                                        
     further action related to an international designation for land and                                                        
     water in the state until the action is approved by the United States                                                       
     Congress and the Alaska State Legislature; requesting that the                                                             
     United States Congress pass legislation requiring Congressional                                                            
     approval of any international designation that affects the use of                                                          
     land or water by the state or the United States; requesting that the                                                       
     governor be involved in the process and development of any joint                                                           
     action plan; requesting that the state, including the departments                                                          
     responsible for the management of fish and wildlife and other                                                              
     natural resources, be an integral part of any discussion, agreement,                                                       
     understanding, or other process that affects the use or                                                                    
     development of fish and wildlife and other natural resources in the                                                        
     state; and urging the governor and the attorney general to reserve                                                         
     all legal remedies for a taking of the natural resources of the state                                                      
    by an international designation of land and water in the state.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                    REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 199                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered: