00                 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 31(MLV)                                                               
01 Relating to requesting the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the                                        
02 Constitution of the United States that would establish procedures to ensure that the                                    
03 United States Congress will continue to function after emergencies that cause many                                      
04 vacancies in the body.                                                                                                  
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06       WHEREAS the terrible events of September 11, 2001, have again demonstrated that                                 
07 the United States is vulnerable to attack by terrorists; and                                                            
08       WHEREAS terrorists or other enemies of the United States have focused attacks on                                
09 important seats of governmental power; and                                                                              
10       WHEREAS the Constitution of the United States has procedures that are silent in                                 
11 regard to enabling the United States Congress to continue to function if a majority of its seats                        
12 were to become vacant due to an attack on the United States or as a result of a natural disaster                        
13 or other emergency;                                                                                                     
14       BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Congress of the United                                  
15 States is respectfully requested to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the                                
01 Constitution of the United States that would establish procedures to ensure that the United                             
02 States Congress will continue to function after emergencies that cause many vacancies in the                            
03 body.                                                                                                                   
04       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Thomas Daschle, Majority                               
05 Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Trent Lott, Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the                            
06 Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable                                
07 Richard A. Gephardt, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; and to the                                   
08 Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the                                         
09 Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.