2006-05-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 3165
HJR 9                                                                                             
The Judiciary Committee considered HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION                                           
NO. 9 am Urging the United States Congress to honor the process and                                 
judgment of the federal courts in the case of the Exxon Valdez disaster                             
and to refrain from enacting legislation that would affect the outcome                              
of the courts' resolution of the case and recommended it be replaced                                
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          SENATE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                      
          NO. 9(JUD) Urging the United States Congress to                                           
          honor the process and judgment of the federal courts                                      
          in the case of the Exxon Valdez disaster and to                                           
          refrain from enacting legislation that would affect the                                   
          outcome of the courts' resolution of the case; urging                                     
          the United States Department of Justice and the                                           
          Alaska Department of Law to identify all natural                                          
          resource damages from the Exxon Valdez oil spill                                          
          that were unanticipated at the time of the 1991                                           
          settlement, to develop plans to remedy the damages,                                       
          and to present the ExxonMobil Corporation with a                                          
          request for the full $100,000,000 that is available                                       
          through the "Reopener for Unknown Injury" clause                                          
          of the 1991 civil settlement to carry out these plans.                                    
          (Title change SCR 32)                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Signing no recommendation: Senator Seekins, Chair. Signing do pass:                                 
Senator French. Signing amend: Senator Huggins.                                                     
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
     Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Legislative Agency                                                    
                                                                                                    
The resolution was referred to the Rules Committee.