HCR 2-SUPPORTING ALASKA OCEAN CLUSTER                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
10:05:42 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TARR  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION NO.  2, Supporting the  Alaska Ocean                                                               
Cluster  in  its  mission,  efforts, and  vision  for  a  vibrant                                                               
coastal economy in the state,  its promotion of a diversified and                                                               
resilient state economy that creates  value from ocean resources,                                                               
and  its   building  of  a  statewide   integrated  ecosystem  of                                                               
innovation  and entrepreneurship  relating to  the state's  ocean                                                               
economy.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TARR  requested Ms. Sara  Perman share the  discussion that                                                               
was   had  with   Legislative   Legal   Services  regarding   the                                                               
committee's question  from the  resolution's previous  hearing on                                                               
whether this should be a joint or concurrent resolution.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
10:06:09 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SARA PERMAN,  Staff, Representative  Louise Stutes, on  behalf of                                                               
Representative  Stutes, prime  sponsor,  explained  that a  joint                                                               
resolution is  usually reserved for  addresses outside  the state                                                               
and  is  used  mainly  to  express   the  view  or  wish  of  the                                                               
legislature to the  President, Congress, or agencies  of the U.S.                                                               
government, whereas  a concurrent  resolution reflects  the will,                                                               
wish, or  view of the  bodies and  is usually for  internal state                                                               
policies.    In speaking  with  the  Alaska Ocean  Cluster  (AOC)                                                               
itself, she related, this resolution  is not intended to directly                                                               
go to  the Alaska  Congressional Delegation, but  rather to  be a                                                               
tool that AOC  could display to the delegation or  other parts of                                                               
the  administration showing  that  AOC  has legislative  support.                                                               
Therefore,  she  continued,  AOC  has   not  asked  for  a  joint                                                               
resolution  in this  case.   She further  related that  Megan Law                                                               
(ph) has  agreed that because  this is  the internal will  of the                                                               
body, it would be a concurrent resolution.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   KREISS-TOMKINS  thanked   Ms.  Perman   for  her                                                               
research and said it is helpful to have this clarity.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:08:11 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ORTIZ moved to report  HCR 2 out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying [zero]  fiscal                                                               
note.   There being no objection,  HCR 2 was reported  out of the                                                               
House Special Committee on Fisheries.