2015-03-04                     House Journal                      Page 0359
                       FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                           
                          OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SCR 5                                                                                                                         
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5 by the Senate State                                                                          
Affairs Committee:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                                                             
     the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Joint Resolution                                                            
     No. 13, urging the United States Department of the Army to                                                                 
     maintain and strengthen the current level of its combat-capable                                                            
     structure in the state and not to take structural realignment actions                                                      
     with regard to Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-                                                                   
     Richardson.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SJR 13                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13(RES) by the Senate                                                                        
Resources Committee:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Supporting oil and gas exploration and development on the outer                                                            
     continental shelf offshore of the state; opposing attempts to                                                              
     prohibit future oil and gas development in the Beaufort and the                                                            
     Chukchi Seas, including the Hanna Shoal area; and requesting that                                                          
     the federal Administration cease and desist from restrictions that                                                         
     adversely affect active or future leases in high petroleum potential                                                       
     areas in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, including the Hanna                                                                
     Shoal area.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                      REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The Judiciary Committee reviewed the qualifications of the following                                                            
and recommends the appointments be forwarded to a joint session for                                                             
consideration:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                              William Gordon                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
as a member of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar.