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HJR 46                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 46(CRA) Recognizing                                                                           
the sovereign decisions of the communities of Kipnuk and                                                                        
Kwigillingok to relocate in the wake of the devastation caused by                                                               
Typhoon Halong; affirming the right of Alaska Native communities to                                                             
self-determination; and urging full state and federal support for                                                               
relocation of those communities, was read the second time.                                                                      

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Senator Giessel moved and asked unanimous consent the resolution be                                                             
advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Without                                                                  
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 46(CRA) was read the                                                                          
third time.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                        
NO. 46(CRA) Recognizing the sovereign decisions of the                                                                          
communities of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok to relocate in the wake of                                                               
the devastation caused by Typhoon Halong; affirming the right of                                                                
Alaska Native communities to self-determination; and urging full state                                                          
and federal support for relocation of those communities, pass the                                                               
Senate?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 46(CRA)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                  
Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Myers, Olson,                                                                       
Rauscher, Stedman, Stevens, Tilton, Tobin, Wielechowski, Yundt                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 46(CRA)                                                                               
passed the Senate, was signed by the President and Secretary and                                                                
returned to the House.