2015-02-06                     House Journal                      Page 0158
HJR 12                                                                                                                        
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12 by Representative                                                                                 
JOSEPHSON:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
    Urging the Alaska Department of Law and the United States                                                                   
    Department of Justice to file a motion in United States District                                                            
    Court to compel the ExxonMobil Corporation to honor the                                                                     
    commitment to pay additional damages for the Exxon Valdez oil                                                               
    spill under the "Reopener for Unknown Injury" provision of the                                                              
    1991 Agreement and Consent Decree and to collect the full                                                                   
    demand for payment the state and federal government submitted                                                               
    to the ExxonMobil Corporation on August 31, 2006; and urging                                                                
    the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council immediately to                                                                   
    initiate subsurface lingering oil restoration work.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Judiciary                                                             
Committees.