00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15                                                                     
01 Encouraging repeal of the REAL ID Act of 2005.                                                                          
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS the federal government has failed to show any measurable evidence that                                  
04 the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005 will make our borders more secure and                                     
05 better protect our citizens from terrorism; and                                                                         
06       WHEREAS the state, under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United                                  
07 States, has always exercised its exclusive power to establish standards and regulations for the                         
08 issuance of Alaska state driver's licenses and Alaska state identification cards; and                                   
09       WHEREAS the federal government imposes a huge fiscal burden on the division of                                  
10 motor vehicles to implement the REAL ID Act of 2005; and                                                                
11       WHEREAS noncompliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005 will result in the federal                                   
12 government punishing individual Alaskans for the actions of the state by placing limitations                            
13 on state residents' freedom of travel and access to federal facilities; and                                             
14       WHEREAS, as of October 1, 2020, Alaska state driver's licenses or Alaska state                                  
15 identification cards will not be acceptable identification for air travel;                                              
16       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature does not believe government                                    

01 should wage the war on terrorism at the expense of states' rights and liberties of citizens                             
02 protected by the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and be it                                           
03 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature does not believe the                                               
04 REAL ID Act of 2005 will make the United States measurably safer and encourages the                                     
05 United States Congress to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005.                                                               
06 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President                                   
07 of the United States; the Honorable Michael Pence, Vice President of the United States and                              
08 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the U.S. House of                                  
09 Representatives; the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S.                                      
10 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
11 delegation in Congress; and all other members of the 115th United States Congress.