Enrolled SJR 2: Commending and supporting actions taken by the Office of the Governor and the attorney general to protect the state from federal government incursion into the care and management of state resources and to promote the economic prosperity of the state; and urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to limit federal government overreach into management of state resources.
00Enrolled SJR 2 01 Commending and supporting actions taken by the Office of the Governor and the attorney 02 general to protect the state from federal government incursion into the care and management 03 of state resources and to promote the economic prosperity of the state; and urging the United 04 States Congress and the President of the United States to limit federal government overreach 05 into management of state resources. 06 _______________ 07 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 08 WHEREAS the federal government is attempting some regulatory actions that are 09 adverse and contrary to the interests of the state and its citizens; and 10 WHEREAS the Office of the Governor and attorney general, with strong support by 11 the Alaska State Legislature, have challenged the federal government in court for its misuse of 12 the Endangered Species Act in its expansive designation of critical habitat for polar bears, for 13 restricting access to Alaska rivers, and for taking adverse actions against our timber interests, 14 mining interests, and interests in development of federal onshore and outer continental shelf 15 oil and gas resources; and 16 WHEREAS, under art. VIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the policy of
01 the state is to encourage the development of its resources by making them available for 02 maximum use consistent with the public interest; and 03 WHEREAS actions taken by the state's executive and the Alaska State Legislature 04 seek to protect the collective interests of the people of the state and promote a future of 05 economic security and prosperity; 06 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature commends and supports the 07 actions of the Office of the Governor and the attorney general to protect the state from federal 08 government incursion into the care and management of state resources and to promote the 09 economic prosperity of the state; and be it 10 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States 11 Congress and the President of the United States to limit federal government overreach into 12 management of state resources. 13 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of 14 the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and 15 President of the U.S. Senate; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Mark 16 Begich, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the 17 Alaska delegation in Congress.