2005-03-02                     House Journal                      Page 0490
     SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                                                  
     Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the                              
     coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, to oil                           
     and gas exploration, development, and production.                                              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Gara and Kerttula:                                   
                                                                                                    
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 "WHEREAS it has been estimated that construction of an Alaska                                    
Gas Pipeline is expected to generate between 4,000 and 8,600 jobs;                                  
that it is expected there will not be enough available Alaskan workers                              
to fill these new positions and non-Alaska labor will be utilized for                               
positions Alaskans are not available to fill; and, that it has been                                 
estimated by consulting groups promoting oil development in the                                     
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that oil development in this Refuge                                 
will create in excess of 20,000 additional jobs in this state; and                                  
                                                                                                    
 WHEREAS according to reliable estimates there are not enough                                     
available Alaskan workers to staff both the construction of an Alaska                               
Gas Pipeline, and oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife                                   
Refuge if both projects occur at the same time; and"                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
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 "BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska Legislature urges Congress                                       
to allow oil and gas exploration on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic                                 
National Wildlife Refuge; and be it                                                                 
                                                                                                    
 FURTHER RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the                                        
Congress is urged to consider 1) the desire by Alaskans for long-term                               
prosperity; 2) the preference of Alaskans for long-term employment                                  
for Alaskan workers over shorter-term larger-scale economic                                         
development that requires the excessive use of non-Alaskan labor;                                   
and, 3) the need by Alaskans for long-term revenue from Alaska's                                    
resources, for this and subsequent generations; and be it