04/23/2025 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

         SJR 19-ANWR & NAT'L PETRO RESERVE: STATE SHARE                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:48:19 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.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:48:53 PM                                                                                                                    
LAURA  ACHEE,   Staff,  Senator  Jesse  Bjorkman,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  Juneau,  Alaska,  said  SJR 19  urges  Congress  to                                                               
reverse its  decision to  limit Alaska's  share of  revenues from                                                               
oil and gas resource development  in the Alaska National Wildlife                                                               
Refuge  (ANWR) to  50 percent.  She  noted that  ANWR is  federal                                                               
land.  She said  that, at  statehood,  Alaska was  promised a  90                                                               
percent share (in  both the Alaska Statehood Act  and the Mineral                                                               
Leasing Act). In  addition, SHR 19 includes a  request for Alaska                                                               
to  receive  90  percent  of  revenues  from  production  in  the                                                               
National Petroleum Reserve  in Alaska (NPRA). The  latter was not                                                               
included in the Alaska Statehood  Act or the Mineral Leasing Act.                                                               
She  explained that  the  50 percent  revenue  share that  Alaska                                                               
receives from  NPRA production is  given to specific  regions and                                                               
programs. The  state takes on  the work of  supporting production                                                               
in NPRA  (through permitting,  etc.) but there  is no  return for                                                               
the general fund.  She shared that, for this  reason, the sponsor                                                               
of SJR 19 felt it was  appropriate to include the NPRA production                                                               
request.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:50:48 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL solicited a motion.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:50:52 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI moved  to  adopt  the committee  substitute                                                               
(CS)  for  [SJR  19],  work order  34-LS0840\H,  as  the  working                                                               
document.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:51:03 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:51:15 PM                                                                                                                    
INTIMAYO  HARBISON, Staff,  Senator Cathy  Giessel, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  Juneau, Alaska,  explained that  SJR 19,  version H                                                               
changes page 1, lines 6-7,  removing any reference to the federal                                                               
administration.  In  addition,  version  H  reiterates  that  the                                                               
Alaska  State  Legislature  is  grateful  for  the  approval  and                                                               
development of  the Willow Project  along with other  projects in                                                               
the NPRA.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:51:52 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL removed her objection.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:51:55 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  GIESSEL  found  no  further objection  and  CSSJR  19  was                                                               
adopted as the working document.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:51:59 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL [opened public testimony  on SJR 19]; finding none,                                                               
she closed public testimony.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:52:21 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL solicited the will of the committee.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:52:24 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI  moved to  report CSSJR  19, work  order 34-                                                               
LS0840\H,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached fiscal  note(s). He  gave authorization  for Legislative                                                               
Legal Services to make technical and conforming changes.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:52:39 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL found  no objection and CSSJR  19(RES) was reported                                                               
from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.