00                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                                                     
01 Commending and supporting the aggressive actions of the governor to protect the state                                   
02 from federal government incursion into the care and management of state resources and                                   
03 to promote the economic prosperity of the state; and urging the United States Congress                                  
04 and the President of the United States to limit the exercise of federal powers to those                                 
05 enumerated in the United States Constitution and to trust and empower states to                                         
06 manage their own affairs.                                                                                               
07 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
08       WHEREAS the federal government is attempting actions beyond its constitutionally                                
09 enumerated powers that are adverse and contrary to the interests of the state and its citizens;                         
10 and                                                                                                                     
11       WHEREAS Governor Sean Parnell has challenged the federal government in court                                    
12 for its misuse of the Endangered Species Act in its expansive designation of critical habitat for                       
13 polar bears; for restricting access to Alaska rivers; for impinging on the freedoms of Alaskans                         
14 with federal health care reform; and for taking adverse actions against our timber interests,                           
01 mining interests, and interests in development of oil and gas resources on the outer continental                        
02 shelf; and                                                                                                              
03       WHEREAS, under art. VIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the policy of                            
04 the state is to encourage the development of its resources by making them available for                                 
05 maximum use consistent with the public interest; and                                                                    
06       WHEREAS actions taken by Governor Sean Parnell protect the collective interests of                              
07 the people of the state and promote a future of economic security and prosperity;                                       
08       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature commends and supports the                                      
09 aggressive actions of Governor Sean Parnell to protect the state from federal government                                
10 incursion into the care and management of state resources and to promote the economic                                   
11 prosperity of the state; and be it                                                                                      
12       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States                                      
13 Congress and the President of the United States to limit the exercise of federal powers to                              
14 those enumerated in the United States Constitution and to trust and empower states to manage                            
15 their own affairs.                                                                                                      
16       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of                             
17 the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and                          
18 President of the U.S. Senate; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Mark                                   
19 Begich, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the                                 
20 Alaska delegation in Congress.