04/17/2015 04:00 PM House RULES

                 SJR 16-ARCTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:03:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON announced that the  only order of business would be                                                               
CS FOR  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION  NO. 16(ARC),  Expressing support                                                               
for  the Arctic  Economic Council  and the  United States  Arctic                                                               
Economic Council  delegation; requesting  that the  United States                                                               
Congress  express support  for the  Arctic Economic  Council, for                                                               
the chair  of the  Arctic Economic  Council to  be a  resident of                                                               
this state, and for the  structure of the Arctic Economic Council                                                               
leadership  to mirror  the rotation  of the  chair of  the Arctic                                                               
Council;  and  urging  the  United  States  Congress  to  empower                                                               
residents  of  the  state  as partners  in  the  Arctic  Economic                                                               
Council.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:03:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  OLSON moved  to  adopt Amendment  1, labeled  29-                                                               
LS0605\H.3, Nauman, 4/17/15, which read:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, lines 5 - 6:                                                                                                       
          Delete "urging the United States Congress to                                                                        
     empower residents of the state as partners in"                                                                           
          Insert "encouraging the United States Congress to                                                                   
       cooperate with the state on matters related to and                                                                     
     under consideration by"                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "urges the United States Congress to                                                                           
     empower residents of the state as partners in"                                                                             
          Insert "encourages the United States Congress to                                                                      
        cooperate closely with the state on all matters                                                                         
     related to and under consideration by"                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON objected for discussion purposes.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:04:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT  ERVINE,  Staff,   Representative  Johnson,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, explained that Amendment  1 removes the last resolve                                                               
that  urges Congress  to  empower residents  as  partners in  the                                                               
Arctic  Economic  Council  and  replaces it  with  language  that                                                               
encourages  Congress  to  cooperate  with the  state  on  matters                                                               
related to the Arctic Economic  Council.  Amendment 1, he further                                                               
explained, also includes a technical conforming title change.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:04:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DONALD  BULLOCK,  Staff,   House  Majority,  Representative  Mike                                                               
Chenault, Alaska  State Legislature, related that  the purpose of                                                               
Amendment  1 is  clarify that  the  state speaks  with one  voice                                                               
regarding  international   issues  that  relate  to   the  Arctic                                                               
Council.    Therefore,  Amendment   1  changes  the  language  of                                                               
CSSJR 16(ARC)  to encourage  Congress to  cooperate closely  with                                                               
the state  on all matters  related to and under  consideration by                                                               
the Arctic Economic Council.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:05:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JESSE  LOGAN,   Staff,  Senator   Lesil  McGuire,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, speaking on behalf  of the sponsor, Senator McGuire,                                                               
informed the committee that Senator  McGuire views Amendment 1 as                                                               
a friendly amendment.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:05:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON  opened public testimony.   He then inquired  as to                                                               
whether anyone wished to testify.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:05:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  JOHNSON withdrew  his  objection to  Amendment  1.   There                                                               
being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON, upon determining no  one wished to testify, closed                                                               
public testimony.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:05:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HERRON,  speaking  as  the  chair  of  the  House                                                               
Special Committee  on Economic  Development, Tourism,  and Arctic                                                               
Policy, noted his support for Amendment 1.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:06:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE OLSON  moved to report CSSJR  16(ARC), as amended,                                                               
out  of   committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  the                                                               
accompanying  zero  fiscal  note.    There  being  no  objection,                                                               
HCS CSSJR  16(RLS) was  reported  from the  House Rules  Standing                                                               
Committee.