1999-02-17                     Senate Journal                      Page 0273
                     Second Reading of House Resolutions                     
                                                                               
HJR 8                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8(MLV) am Relating                           
to a national ballistic missile defense system, was read the second            
time.                                                                          
                                                                               
Senators Adams, Tim Kelly offered Amendment No. 1 :                             
                                                                               
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	FURTHER RESOLVED that the Twenty-First Alaska State                         
Legislature requests that, in the development and operation of a               
national ballistic missile defense system in Alaska, the Department            
of Defense provide adequate protection from any danger posed by                
the system to local residents"                                                 
                                                                               
Senator Adams moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption               
of Amendment No. 1. Without objection, Amendment No. 1 was                     
adopted.                                                                       
                                                                               
Senators Adams, Tim Kelly offered Amendment No. 2 :                             
                                                                               
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	FURTHER RESOLVED that the Twenty-First Alaska State                         
Legislature strongly encourages the Department of Defense to                   
contract with Alaska businesses in the development, construction, and          
operation of a national ballistic missile defense system in Alaska"            
                                                                               
Senator Adams moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.                       
Without objection, Amendment No. 2 was adopted.                                
                                                                               
Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that the                      
resolution be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and              
placed on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                 
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8(MLV) am S was                              
read the third time.