Legislature(2007 - 2008)BUTROVICH 205
05/03/2007 01:30 PM Senate TRANSPORTATION
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
May 3, 2007
1:31 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair
Senator Donny Olson
Senator Gary Wilken
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Albert Kookesh, Chair
Senator Bill Wielechowski
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18(TRA)
Opposing the enactment of the provisions in the Next Generation
Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007 that
impose air traffic control user fees, increase aviation fuel and
aviation gas taxes, reduce airport funding, and reduce
Congressional oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration.
MOVED SCS CSHJR 18(TRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HJR 18
SHORT TITLE: OPPOSE FED AVIATION FUEL TAX INCREASE
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVE(S) JOHANSEN
04/05/07 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/05/07 (H) TRA
04/12/07 (H) TRA AT 1:30 PM CAPITOL 17
04/12/07 (H) Heard & Held
04/12/07 (H) MINUTE(TRA)
04/19/07 (H) TRA AT 1:30 PM CAPITOL 17
04/19/07 (H) Moved CSHJR 18(TRA) Out of Committee
04/19/07 (H) MINUTE(TRA)
04/20/07 (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NT 5DP
04/20/07 (H) DP: FAIRCLOUGH, DOOGAN, NEUMAN,
KOHRING, JOHANSEN
04/24/07 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
04/24/07 (H) VERSION: CSHJR 18(TRA)
04/25/07 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/25/07 (S) TRA
05/01/07 (S) TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
05/01/07 (S) Heard & Held
05/03/07 (S) TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
WITNESS REGISTER
SONIA CHRISTENSEN, Staff
Representative Kyle Johansen
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented HJR 18 on behalf of Representative
Johansen, sponsor.
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR JOHN COWDERY called the Senate Transportation Standing
Committee meeting to order at 1:31:11 PM. Senators Wilken,
Olson, and Cowdery were present at the call to order.
HJR 18-OPPOSE FED AVIATION FUEL TAX INCREASE
CHAIR COWDERY announced HJR 18 to be the only order of business.
[Before the committee was CSHJR 18(TRA).]
SENATOR OLSON moved to adopt the Senate Committee Substitute
(CS) for HJR 18, labeled 25-LS0830\K as the working document.
Hearing no objections, Version K was before the committee.
1:32:14 PM
SONIA CHRISTENSEN, Staff to Representative Kyle Johansen, Alaska
State Legislature, said HJR 18 opposes sections of the Next
Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act that
imposes air traffic control user fees, increases aviation fuel
taxes by $0.50 per gallon, reduces airport funding by $1
billion, and reduces congressional oversight of the FAA. She
noted one change in the CS on page 1, line 11, where the word
"registered" was replaced by "licensed".
1:33:23 PM
SENATOR OLSON moved the Senate CS for HJR 18, labeled 25-
LS0830\K, from committee with individual recommendations and
accompanying fiscal notes. Hearing no objections, SCS CSHJR
18(TRA) passed from committee.
The committee adjourned at 1:33:41 PM.
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