00                CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 24(RES)                                                              
01 Urging President Biden's Administration and the United States Congress to use                                           
02 American oil and gas resources to replace oil imported from the Russian Federation and                                  
03 to increase oil and gas production in the State of Alaska and other energy-producing                                    
04 states to fortify the economy and security of the nation.                                                               
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06       WHEREAS, on February 24, 2022, after amassing over 175,000 troops on Ukraine's                                  
07 border, the Russian Federation, under the direction of President Vladimir Putin, launched an                            
08 unprovoked, unjust, large-scale invasion of Ukraine; and                                                                
09       WHEREAS this invasion is a deliberate and calculated effort to undermine the                                    
10 democratic sovereignty of Ukraine, block the free will of the Ukrainian people in the people's                          
11 pursuit of security, peace, and prosperity, and threaten the security of bordering allies under                         
12 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the lives of millions of innocent people; and                                
13       WHEREAS, in an affront to both international law and common decency, Russian                                    
14 Federation soldiers are currently sweeping through Ukraine, inflicting violence and terror on                           
15 millions of civilians and destroying homes, businesses, and economic infrastructure; and                                

01       WHEREAS, at the end of 2021, the United States of America was importing over                                    
02 8,000,000 barrels of crude oil from foreign countries a day; and                                                        
03       WHEREAS 595,000 of those barrels were imported from the Russian Federation each                                 
04 day; and                                                                                                                
05       WHEREAS the United States imports more than 219,000,000 barrels of oil from the                                 
06 Russian Federation annually, thereby directly contributing up to $20,300,000,000 a year to                              
07 President Vladimir Putin's regime; and                                                                                  
08       WHEREAS, in comparison, this state produces only 448,000 barrels of oil a day; and                              
09       WHEREAS the United States has additional opportunities for production in Alaska,                                
10 including projects in Pikka, Alaska; Willow, Alaska; the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and                           
11 the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and                                                                           
12 WHEREAS the United States has the ability to utilize new energy transportation                                        
13 infrastructure projects, including pipelines; and                                                                       
14 WHEREAS, similarly, Alaska and the United States are actively exploring and                                           
15 developing renewable sources of energy from wind, fish-safe hydroelectric projects, solar,                              
16 biomass, geothermal resources, and other sources; and                                                                   
17 WHEREAS reliance on oil from foreign adversaries like the Russian Federation                                          
18 leaves the United States and its allies strategically vulnerable; and                                                   
19 WHEREAS, in the face of the Russian Federation's unprovoked aggression, now is                                      
20 the time to end the nation's reliance on Russian Federation fossil fuels; and                                         
21 WHEREAS, because development sites around Alaska hold the potential of billions                                       
22 of barrels of oil, oil and gas produced in a state that is recognized as a global leader and best                       
23 in class in environmental, social, and governance performance can fill the void left from                               
24 stopping Russian Federation imports, thereby eliminating national dependence on                                         
25 authoritarian energy producers abroad;                                                                                  
26 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges President Biden's                                              
27 Administration and the United States Congress to allow the nation to use the oil and gas                                
28 resources currently available in the State of Alaska to replace oil imported from the Russian                           
29 Federation; and be it                                                                                                   
30 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges President Biden's                                            
31 Administration and the United States Congress to unleash national production in this state and                          

01 other energy-producing states to fortify the economy and security of the nation.                                        
02 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President                                   
03 of the United States; the Honorable Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, President of                                    
04 Ukraine; the Honorable Kamala D. Harris, Vice President of the United States and President                              
05 of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of                                            
06 Representatives; the Honorable Steny Hoyer, Majority Leader of the U.S. House of                                        
07 Representatives; the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of                                     
08 Representatives; the Honorable Charles Schumer, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the                                 
09 Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Antony                                     
10 Blinken, United States Secretary of State; the Honorable Oksana Markarova, Ambassador                                   
11 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States; the Honorable Lisa                                   
12 Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young,                                   
13 U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress; and all other members of                             
14 the 117th United States Congress.