03/13/2008 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

HJR 38-ISRAEL 60TH ANNIVERSARY                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:52:58 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  ROSES announced that  the last order of  business was                                                               
HOUSE JOINT  RESOLUTION NO. 38,  Recognizing the State  of Israel                                                               
on the 60th anniversary of its founding.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 8:53:35 AM to 8:53:54 AM.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:53:56 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHRISTOPHER  CLARK,  Staff,  Representative John  Harris,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature, presented HJR 38  on behalf of the House State                                                               
Affairs Standing  Committee, sponsor.   He said May 14,  2008, is                                                               
the sixtieth anniversary of the State  of Israel.  In response to                                                               
a question  from Representative Gruenberg, he  said after talking                                                               
to   several   of  Juneau's   Jewish   community,   one  of   the                                                               
recommendations  he  received  was  to change  "have  shared"  to                                                               
"share"  [on page  2,  lines  14-15], which  would  then read  as                                                               
follows:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     WHEREAS the American people share an affinity with the                                                                   
       people of Israel and regard Israel as a strong and                                                                       
     trusted ally;                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR. CLARK, in response to  Representative Gruenberg, noted that a                                                               
second suggestion had been to add  the name of Secretary of State                                                               
Condoleezza Rice  to the  names of  those to  whom copies  of the                                                               
resolution would be  sent [page 2, line 29, through  page 3, line                                                               
1].                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:55:06 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG moved to adopt Amendment 1, as follows:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 14:                                                                                                           
          Delete "have shared"                                                                                                  
          Insert "share"                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:55:47 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG moved  to adopt Amendment 2,  to add the                                                               
name of Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice to the list of those                                                               
receiving copies  of the resolution.   There being  no objection,                                                               
Amendment 2 was adopted.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:56:02 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  moved to  report HJR 38,  [as amended],                                                               
out  of  committee  with   individual  recommendations  [and  the                                                               
accompanying  fiscal notes].   There  being  no objection,  CSHJR
(STA)  was reported  out of  the House  State Affairs  Standing                                                               
Committee.