Legislature(2025 - 2026)BARNES 124
04/29/2025 10:15 AM House MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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| Adjourn |
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HJR 13-AFGHANS, SP. IMMIGRANT VISAS, ASSISTANCE
10:19:01 AM
CHAIR EISCHEID announced that the only order of business would
be HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13, Urging the President of the
United States to expand evacuation efforts for applicants with
approved Special Immigrant Visas, including resumption of
evacuation flights organized by the Coordinator for Afghan
Relocation Efforts; urging the United States Department of State
to secure legal protections and humanitarian assistance for
Special Immigrant Visa applicants; and requesting that the
United States Secretary of State provide a report to Congress
regarding efforts to reinstate evacuation flights for applicants
with approved Special Immigrant Visas.
10:19:50 AM
CHAIR EISCHEID opened public testimony on HJR 13. After
ascertaining that there was no one who wished to testify, he
closed public testimony.
10:20:43 AM
REPRESENTATIVE GRAY moved to adopt Amendment 1 to HJR 13,
labeled 34-LS0710\I.2, Wayne, 4/23/25, which read as follows:
Page I, line 5, following "applicants;":
Insert "urging the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services in the United States Department
of Homeland Security to expedite the review of
applications for Special Immigrant Visas;"
Page 3, following line 16:
Insert new material to read:
"FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature
urges the United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services in the United States Department of Homeland
Security to expedite the review of pending
applications for Special Immigrant Visas; and be it"
Page 3, line 31, following "Efforts;":
Insert "Kika Scott, Senior Official Performing the
Duties of the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security;"
10:20:54 AM
REPRESENTATIVE GRAY explained that the United States Department
of State estimated that there were over 130,000 people with
pending visas that would be affected by HJR 13 and said that the
proposed amendment would urge the people who process these visas
to process them in a timely manner.
10:22:03 AM
HENRY THOMPSON, Staff, Representative Will Stapp, Alaska State
Legislature, on behalf of Representative Stapp, prime sponsor,
said that the bill sponsor saw the amendment as a friendly one.
10:22:26 AM
CHAIR EISCHEID removed his objection. There being no further
objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.
10:22:49 AM
MR. THOMPSON gave final remarks on HJR 13, as amended.
10:23:39 AM
REPRESENTATIVE GRAY moved to report HJR 13, as amended, out of
committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying
fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHJR 13(MLV) was
reported from the House Special Committee on Military and
Veterans' Affairs.
10:24:28 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs meeting was
adjourned at 10:24 a.m.
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