CSSJR 43(FIN): Requesting the United States Congress to grant a two-year moratorium on state maintenance of effort requirements for federally funded programs.
00 CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 43(FIN) 01 Requesting the United States Congress to grant a two-year moratorium on state 02 maintenance of effort requirements for federally funded programs. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 WHEREAS the economic effects of the terrorists attack on our country on 05 September 11, 2001, have contributed to major shortfalls in state revenues and increases in 06 state expenditures; and 07 WHEREAS Medicare and Medicaid costs have risen causing states serious budgeting 08 problems; and 09 WHEREAS states are striving to reallocate available funds to address this economic 10 situation; and 11 WHEREAS the requirements for maintenance of state effort under certain federal 12 programs denies states the opportunity to reduce or reallocate a large share of state 13 expenditures; and 14 WHEREAS states must have this flexibility to develop budgets that truly address and 15 meet important state needs;
01 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the United 02 States Congress to grant a two-year moratorium on state maintenance of effort requirements 03 for federally funded programs so that states may have more flexibility to address priorities 04 and to react to the fiscal situation. 05 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Thomas Daschle, Majority 06 Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Trent Lott, Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the 07 Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable 08 Richard A. Gephardt, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; and to the 09 Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the 10 Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.