Legislature(2025 - 2026)BUTROVICH 205
04/11/2025 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
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| SB114 | |
| SB130 | |
| SB135 | |
| Confirmation Hearing(s): Big Game Commercial Services Board | |
| SB128 | |
| SB139 | |
| SJR19 | |
| Adjourn |
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| += | SB 128 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 139 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SJR 19 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 114 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 130 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 135 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SJR 19-ANWR & NAT'L PETRO RESERVE: STATE SHARE
4:56:48 PM
CHAIR GIESSEL announced the consideration of SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 19 Urging the United States Congress to honor the
terms of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Alaska Statehood Act
and provide the state with a 90 percent share of all bonuses,
royalties, and rentals received by the federal government from
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum
Reserve in Alaska.
4:57:15 PM
SENATOR JESSE BJORKMAN, District D, Alaska State Legislature,
Juneau, Alaska, paraphrased the sponsor statement for SJR 19:
[Original punctuation provided.]
SJR 19 ANWR & Nat'l Petro Reserve: State Share
Version G Sponsor Statement
April 10, 2025
With the release of President Donald J. Trumps
Executive Order, "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary
Resource Potential," Alaskans are optimistic that
we'll see increased production of our petroleum and
mining resources. However, this enthusiasm is tempered
because Congress has gone back on its promise to
provide Alaska with 90 percent of the royalty revenues
from production on federal land. Alaska's present and
future revenues are also weighed down by the write-
offs against State taxes that oil companies can claim
for activity on federal lands and necessary upgrades
to Alaska's aging infrastructure to support production
activity.
When Congress was deliberating granting Alaska
statehood, there was recognition that our large,
remote state wouldn't have enough of a population and
industrial base to be self-sufficient. In exchange for
taking on the financial responsibility of providing
public services, Alaska was promised 90 percent of the
royalties from production on federal lands in both the
Alaska Statehood Act of 1958 and an amendment to the
Mineral Act of 1920.
It was also acknowledged at the time the Statehood Act
was under consideration that some of the most valuable
land in Alaska, in particular the Naval Petroleum
Reserve (now the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska)
and the Arctic Wildlife Range (now the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge), had been reserved by the federal
government and was not available for the state to
select. With roughly two-thirds or more of the North
Slope under federal control, Alaska's ability to
determine its own revenue stream has been severely
impacted.
Senate Joint Resolution 19 asks Congress to uphold the
promise made in the Alaska Statehood Act to provide 90
percent of the revenues from production in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge and to extend that promise to
production in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska.
This will allow the state to support the programs and
infrastructure projects necessary for the petroleum
industry and provide services for our citizens.
4:59:34 PM
SENATOR HUGHES expressed appreciation for SJR 19. She opined
that this is an important issue and noted that Alaska has a
higher percentage of federal lands than most other states - an
estimated 60-65 percent. She contrasted this with states such as
New York, where less than 1 percent of the land is federally
owned. She opined that what SJR 19 proposes is the least the
federal government can do, and it is the right thing to do.
5:00:27 PM
CHAIR GIESSEL held SJR 19 in committee.