00                         HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 5                                                                         
01 Urging the House of Representatives to adopt a policy for per diem paid to its members                                  
02 based on the United States Department of Defense federal flat rate per diem schedule.                                   
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:                                                                         
04       WHEREAS the State of Alaska is in a fiscal crisis that requires all branches of                                 
05 government to identify savings to reduce the budget deficit; and                                                        
06 WHEREAS members of the House of Representatives who do not reside in Juneau                                           
07 are paid session per diem at the full federal per diem rate, and members of the House of                                
08 Representatives who reside in Juneau are paid session per diem at 75 percent of the full                                
09 federal per diem rate; and                                                                                              
10       WHEREAS the House of Representatives could achieve savings by reducing per                                      
11 diem of its members and calculating per diem based on the United States Department of                                   
12 Defense federal flat rate per diem schedule; and                                                                        
13 WHEREAS paying per diem to members of the House of Representatives who do not                                         
14 reside in Juneau at the full federal per diem rate for the first 30 days of each regular session,                       
15 reducing the per diem to the federal long-term per diem rate for the remainder of each regular                          
16 session, and paying members of the House of Representatives who reside in Juneau 75                                     

01 percent of the per diem paid to members of the House of Representatives who do not reside in                            
02 Juneau would achieve savings and not create a hardship for members of the House of                                      
03 Representatives; and                                                                                                    
04 WHEREAS, for a special session, the per diem paid to members of the House of                                          
05 Representatives who do not reside in the location of the special session should remain at the                           
06 full federal per diem rate, and the per diem paid to members of the House of Representatives                            
07 who reside in the location of the special session should be 75 percent of the full federal per                          
08 diem rate;                                                                                                              
09 BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives urges its members to adopt a                                         
10 policy based on the United States Department of Defense federal flat rate per diem schedule                             
11 and providing that members of the House of Representatives who do not reside in Juneau be                               
12 paid at the full federal per diem rate for the first 30 days of each regular session and, for the                       
13 remainder of each regular session, at 75 percent of the full federal per diem rate; and be it                           
14 FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives urges its members to                                               
15 adopt a policy providing that members of the House of Representatives who reside in Juneau                              
16 be paid 75 percent of the amount of per diem paid to members who do not reside in Juneau;                               
17 and be it                                                                                                               
18 FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives urges its members to                                               
19 adopt a policy providing that, for a special session, special session per diem claimed by                               
20 members of the House of Representatives who do not reside in the location of the special                                
21 session be paid at the full federal per diem rate and, that members of the House of                                     
22 Representatives who reside in the location of the special session, be paid at 75 percent of the                         
23 full federal per diem rate.