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HCR 1                                                                                                                         
The Community & Regional Affairs Committee considered:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1                                                                                           
    Urging the Governor to acknowledge officially the sovereignty of                                                            
    Alaska tribal governments, to create clear and consistent policies                                                          
    for increased state collaboration and partnership with tribes, and to                                                       
    direct the attorney general to conduct a complete review of the                                                             
    state's litigation against Alaska Native tribes; urging the Governor                                                        
    to acknowledge the inherent criminal jurisdiction of Alaska tribal                                                          
    governments over tribal members within the boundaries of their                                                              
    villages; urging the Governor to cooperate with tribes' efforts to                                                          
    transfer Native land to trust; and urging the Governor to support                                                           
    multilateral negotiations between tribal governments, nontribal                                                             
    municipalities, and the state government to delineate clearly tribal                                                        
    geographical jurisdictions.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1(CRA)                                                                               
    Urging the Governor to establish clear and consistent policies                                                              
    across all state agencies for increased collaboration and                                                                   

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    partnership with Alaska tribal governments; encouraging the                                                                 
    Governor to negotiate intergovernmental agreements with Alaska                                                              
    Native tribes that increase their authority, responsibility, and                                                            
    capacity to enforce certain state laws and deliver justice at the                                                           
    local level; and urging the Governor to direct the attorney general                                                         
    to conduct a complete review of the state's litigation against                                                              
    Alaska Native tribes.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Tilton, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Drummond, Nageak, Seaton, Ortiz                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (3):  Reinbold, Hughes, Tilton                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHCR 1(CRA):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, House Community & Regional Affairs Committee                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HCR 1 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.