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03/06/2007 01:00 PM House MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS


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01:05:16 PM Start
01:05:47 PM HJR11
01:07:41 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
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*+ HJR 11 STATE'S CONTROL OF NATIONAL GUARD TELECONFERENCED
Moved Out of Committee
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
   HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS                                                                  
                         March 6, 2007                                                                                          
                           1:05 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Bob Roses, Chair                                                                                                 
Representative Anna Fairclough                                                                                                  
Representative Gabrielle LeDoux                                                                                                 
Representative Robert L. "Bob" Buch                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Nancy Dahlstrom                                                                                                  
Representative Jay Ramras                                                                                                       
Representative Scott Kawasaki                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11                                                                                                   
Relating to the  increased authority granted to  the President of                                                               
the  United  States  to  federalize the  National  Guard  of  the                                                               
individual  states  without the  consent  of  the governors;  and                                                               
urging the United  States Congress to take action  to restore the                                                               
sovereignty of the individual states  to regulate and command the                                                               
National Guard of the states.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED HJR 11 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HJR 11                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: STATE'S CONTROL OF NATIONAL GUARD                                                                                  
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) ROSES                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
02/28/07       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/28/07       (H)       MLV, STA                                                                                               
03/06/07       (H)       MLV AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
JOSH APPLEBEE, Staff                                                                                                            
to Representative Bob Roses                                                                                                     
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION   STATEMENT:      Presented   HJR  11   on   behalf   of                                                               
Representative Roses, sponsor.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BOB  ROSES called the  House Special Committee  on Military                                                             
and   Veterans'  Affairs   meeting  to   order  at   1:05:16  PM.                                                             
Representatives Buch, Fairclough, LeDoux,  and Roses were present                                                               
at the call to order.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HJR 11-STATE'S CONTROL OF NATIONAL GUARD                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROSES  announced that the  only order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  JOINT  RESOLUTION  NO.  11,   Relating  to  the  increased                                                               
authority  granted  to the  President  of  the United  States  to                                                               
federalize the  National Guard of  the individual  states without                                                               
the  consent  of the  governors;  and  urging the  United  States                                                               
Congress  to  take  action  to restore  the  sovereignty  of  the                                                               
individual states to  regulate and command the  National Guard of                                                               
the states.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:05:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOSH APPLEBEE,  Staff to Representative  Bob Roses,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature,   on  behalf   of  Representative   Roses,  sponsor,                                                               
informed the  committee that HJR  11 is  a statement to  the U.S.                                                               
Congress and  the President  of the  United States  that declares                                                               
that State of  Alaska does not support  relinquishing the control                                                               
of  its  National Guard  to  presidential  authority.   The  John                                                               
Warner National  Defense Authorization  Act for Fiscal  Year 2007                                                               
gives the  federal government authority  over a  state's National                                                               
Guard in  times of  natural disaster,  epidemic or  other serious                                                               
public health emergency,  or terrorist attack, or  incident.  The                                                               
aforementioned  presidential authority  to  regulate and  command                                                               
the  National  Guard  was  granted without  the  consent  of  the                                                               
state's governor or  its legislature.  House  Joint Resolution 11                                                               
urges the reversal  of this action, and its  purpose is supported                                                               
by the governors of all fifty states.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:07:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX  moved to  report HJR  11 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  HJR 11 was reported out of the                                                               
House Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the House                                                                 
Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs meeting was                                                                 
adjourned at 1:08 p.m.                                                                                                          

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