2019-04-16                     House Journal                      Page 0630
                        FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                          
                           OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SJR 8                                                                                                                         
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8 by Senator Costello:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Supporting the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada                                                             
     Agreement on trade; encouraging the federal Administration to                                                              
     remove the steel and aluminum tariffs on imports from Canada                                                               
     and Mexico; and urging the United States Congress and the                                                                  
     federal Administration to call on Canada and Mexico to remove                                                              
     retaliatory tariffs on all goods and services exported from the                                                            
     United States.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce                                                                    
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SJR 11                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11(TRA) by the                                                                               
Senate Transportation Committee:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Urging the United States to issue a Presidential permit authorizing                                                        
     a railroad crossing of the Alaska-Canada border from state land                                                            
     into Yukon, Canada; and supporting cooperation between the                                                                 
     United States and Canada to establish a public-private partnership                                                         
     for construction of a railroad from Alberta, Canada, to the state                                                          
     that would connect the Alaska Railroad to the North American                                                               
     railroad system.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation Committee.                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                        FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                          
                              OF SENATE BILLS                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SB 83                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 83 by Senator Birch, entitled:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;                                                                   
     relating to the public utility regulatory cost charge; relating to the                                                     
     regulation of telecommunications; relating to exemptions, charges,