2016-03-11                     Senate Journal                      Page 2085
SR 5                                                                                                                          
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5 BY THE SENATE RESOURCES                                                                                 
COMMITTEE,                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Opposing the recent decisions of the Obama                                                                                 
     Administration to cancel future lease sales in the Chukchi                                                                 
     and Beaufort Seas; urging the United States Department of                                                                  
     the Interior to continue including the Chukchi Sea and                                                                     
     Beaufort Sea lease sales in the 2017-2022 Outer                                                                            
     Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program; and urging                                                                  
     the Obama Administration to support ongoing efforts to                                                                     
     develop offshore oil and gas in the Arctic Outer                                                                           
     Continental Shelf responsibly and to acknowledge the                                                                       
     support of Alaskans.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and held on the Secretary's desk.