00                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9                                                                    
01 Establishing in the Alaska State Legislature the Alaska Working Group on Interstate                                     
02 Energy Production.                                                                                                      
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS eliminating the nation's reliance on foreign energy resources represents                                
05 an important but continually elusive state and national goal; and                                                       
06       WHEREAS, among the states, Alaska is in a key position to move the nation closer to                             
07 that goal; and                                                                                                          
08       WHEREAS approximately 65 percent of the land in the state is owned and managed                                  
09 by the federal government; and                                                                                          
10       WHEREAS federal law and policy, including the National Environmental Policy Act                                 
11 and the Endangered Species Act, excessively limit and interfere with production of energy                               
12 and energy resources in the state and in other states; and                                                              
13       WHEREAS states that produce energy or energy resources continue to experience                                   
14 negative consequences from delay or cancellation of economically viable energy-related                                  
15 projects because federal law and federal law enforcement too often overreach the federal                                
16 government's constitutional authority to make and enforce laws; and                                                     
01       WHEREAS each state can produce energy or energy resources more effectively if all                               
02 states that produce energy or energy resources unite and act as one to influence energy-related                         
03 federal law and policy;                                                                                                 
04       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy Production                                    
05 is established in the Alaska State Legislature to develop a proposal for an inter-legislature                           
06 agreement that will facilitate collaboration between the Alaska State Legislature and other                             
07 state legislatures in efforts to influence federal energy-related law and policy and to                                 
08 discourage delay or cancellation of economically viable energy-related projects in the state                            
09 and in other states; and be it                                                                                          
10       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy                                             
11 Production shall consist of four members, with two senators appointed by the President of the                           
12 Senate and two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and                            
13 be it                                                                                                                   
14       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy                                             
15 Production may meet during and between regular sessions of the Alaska State Legislature,                                
16 and, subject to approval by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of                                  
17 Representatives, as appropriate, a member of the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy                              
18 Production may travel in the state or to other states as necessary to accomplish the purposes of                        
19 the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy Production; and be it                                                     
20       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy                                             
21 Production shall terminate January 18, 2013; and be it                                                                
22       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy                                             
23 Production shall submit a report of its findings and proposed legislative changes to the Alaska                         
24 State Legislature on or before January 17, 2012, and may make additional reports that the                               
25 Alaska Working Group on Interstate Energy Production considers advisable.