2021-04-05                     House Journal                      Page 0515
HJR 12                                                                                                                        
A message dated March 31 was read stating the Senate passed:                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12(RES)                                                                                   
    Urging the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of                                                              
    Land Management, to honor the recent lease sales and proceed                                                                
    with permitting in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; urging the                                                          
    President of the United States to defend the 2020 Record of                                                                 
    Decision approving the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing                                                                    
    Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; opposing                                                                    
    designation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a National                                                            
    Monument; and urging the Alaska delegation in Congress to                                                                   
    uphold sec. 20001 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
with the following amendment, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                                 
    NO. 12(RES) am S                                                                                                            
    Urging the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of                                                              
    Land Management, to honor the recent lease sales and proceed                                                                
    with permitting in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; urging the                                                          
    President of the United States to defend the 2020 Record of                                                                 
    Decision approving the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing                                                                    
    Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; opposing                                                                    
    designation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a National                                                            
    Monument; urging the Alaska delegation in Congress to work to                                                               
    repeal sec. 20001(b)(5) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to                                                             
    honor the Alaska Statehood Act with respect to the state's share of                                                         
    bonuses, royalties, and rentals from exploration and development                                                            
    in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and                                                            
    requesting that the Alaska delegation in Congress defeat any effort                                                         
    to alter or repeal other provisions of sec. 20001 of the Tax Cuts                                                           
    and Jobs Act of 2017 if the result would adversely affect oil and                                                           
    gas development efforts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    (SCR 3 - title change resolution)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 12(RES) is under Unfinished Business.