00 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 51(MLV)                                                                             
01 Relating to support for H.R. 2924, which allows certain Alaska Native Vietnam                                           
02 era veterans and the Elim Native Corporation to select land under the Alaska                                            
03 Native Claims Settlement Act.                                                                                           
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
05  WHEREAS Representative Don Young has introduced H.R. 2924, which amends the                                          
06 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to allow additional land selections to be made under that                           
07 Act by certain Alaska Natives who are Vietnam era veterans and by the Elim Native                                       
08 Corporation; and                                                                                                        
09  WHEREAS allowing these additional selections under the Alaska Native Claims                                          
10 Settlement Act would serve the interests of the state and the people of Alaska;                                         
11  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports H.R. 2924 and urges                                        
12 the United States Congress to pass and President Clinton to sign this legislation as                                    
13 expeditiously as possible.                                                                                              
14  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                              
01 United States; the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and President                            
02 of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Strom Thurmond, President Pro Tempore of the U.S.                                     
03 Senate; the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; and to                               
04 the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the                                     
05 Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.