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2015-03-02 House Journal

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HJR 6                                                                                                                         
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                                
    Supporting the introduction and enactment of federal legislation                                                            
    acknowledging that the federal government is financially                                                                    
    responsible under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for the                                                           
    remediation of contaminated land subject to conveyance under the                                                            

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    Act; urging the United States Department of the Interior to                                                                 
    implement the six recommendations to identify and clean up the                                                              
    Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act lands in its 1998 report to                                                             
    the United States Congress; and urging the President of the United                                                          
    States and the United States Congress to remediate and make free                                                            
    from pollutants lands in the state conveyed under the Alaska                                                                
    Native Claims Settlement Act.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Talerico, Co-chair, with the                                                            
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (7):  Josephson, Herron, Tarr, Olson, Hawker, Seaton,                                                                   
Talerico                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, House Resources Committee                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                  
calendar.