HJR 16: Urging the Export-Import Bank of the United States to prioritize funding for domestic projects, including the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project, that do not compete with long-term national export goals.
00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 16 01 Urging the Export-Import Bank of the United States to prioritize funding for domestic 02 projects, including the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project, that do not compete with 03 long-term national export goals. 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 WHEREAS the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project, managed by the Alaska 06 Gasline Development Corporation, is a critical initiative to develop and export liquefied 07 natural gas from the North Slope; and 08 WHEREAS the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project includes an 807-mile pipeline, 09 a gas treatment plant, and a liquefied natural gas facility with a capacity to export up to 10 20,000,000 metric tons a year of liquefied natural gas and is targeting first exports by 2031, 11 following a development agreement signed in January of 2025; and 12 WHEREAS the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project, in development for over a 13 decade, faces significant hurdles, including securing financing and obtaining certain 14 environmental approvals, and requires further support to advance; and 15 WHEREAS the Export-Import Bank of the United States approved a loan of
01 $4,700,000,000 for the Mozambique liquefied natural gas project, led by TotalEnergies, with 02 a planned capacity of up to 43,000,000 metric tons a year targeting global markets, including 03 Asia; and 04 WHEREAS, while funding by the Export-Import Bank of the United States for the 05 Mozambique project supports jobs in the United States, the funding raises concerns about 06 competition with domestic liquefied natural gas projects, particularly the Alaska Liquefied 07 Natural Gas project, and the effect of the funding on national liquefied natural gas exports; 08 and 09 WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature is deeply concerned that prioritizing the 10 Mozambique liquefied natural gas project favors short-term job creation over the long-term 11 benefits of meeting global demand with domestic liquefied natural gas, especially in Asian 12 and Indo-Pacific markets; and 13 WHEREAS every molecule of liquefied natural gas exported from Mozambique 14 could reduce demand for state and domestic liquefied natural gas, potentially undermining the 15 energy security goals outlined by President Trump; and 16 WHEREAS, despite the job-supporting mission of the Export-Import Bank of the 17 United States, reports of human rights concerns tied to the Mozambique liquefied natural gas 18 project, including investigations into security-related abuses, complicate its alignment with 19 national interests; 20 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature requests the Export-Import 21 Bank of the United States to reconsider whether funding the Mozambique liquefied natural 22 gas project aligns with national energy security objectives and urges the bank to prioritize 23 domestic projects, including the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project, that do not compete 24 with long-term national export goals; and be it 25 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the Export-Import 26 Bank of the United States to provide the same support and consideration for the Alaska 27 Liquefied Natural Gas project as the bank is providing for the Mozambique liquefied natural 28 gas project, ensuring alignment with national interests amid competitive dynamics in the 29 global liquefied natural gas market. 30 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to James C. Cruse, Acting President and 31 Chair, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States; and the Honorable Lisa
01 Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Nicholas 02 Begich, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.