00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25                                                                     
01 Urging the United States Congress to enact the American Veterans Homeownership Act                                      
02 of 2005.                                                                                                                
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS a large number of Alaskans are currently serving or have served in the                                  
05 military; and                                                                                                           
06       WHEREAS the Alaska veterans mortgage program is currently restricted by a 1986                                  
07 federal tax code provision that provides tax-exempt bonds for housing loans to veterans for                             
08 only those veterans who served before January 1, 1977; and                                                              
09       WHEREAS the number of veterans in Alaska who qualify for the tax-exempt bonds                                   
10 for housing loans to veterans has decreased to fewer than 60; and                                                       
11       WHEREAS the courageous men and women of Alaska who serve in the armed forces                                    
12 and make sacrifices for our country should be entitled to low-cost veterans' housing loans;                             
13       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature requests the United States                                     
14 Congress to pass the American Veterans Homeownership Act of 2005, H.R. 2952; and extend                                 
15 the date for leaving active service in order to qualify for a veterans' housing loan.                                   
16       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable George W. Bush, President                              

01 of the United States; the Honorable Richard B. Cheney, Vice-President of the United States                              
02 and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Bill Frist, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate;                         
03 the Honorable Harry Reid, Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable J. Dennis                                   
04 Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority                             
05 Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable Larry Craig, Chair of the U.S.                               
06 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs; the Honorable Steve Buyer, Chair of the U.S. House                               
07 of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs; the Honorable Frank H. Murkowski,                                    
08 Governor of Alaska; the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S.                                    
09 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
10 delegation in Congress; and, by electronic transmission, all other members of the U.S. Senate                           
11 and the U.S. House of Representatives serving in the 109th United States Congress.