HJR 16-DISABLED VETERANS PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:18:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR OLSON announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE JOINT  RESOLUTION NO. 16,  Relating to  federal procurement                                                               
preferences for small businesses in  the state that are owned and                                                               
controlled  by service-disabled  veterans. [Public  testimony was                                                               
previously closed on HJR 16.]                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:18:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL  made  a  motion to  adopt  the  proposed                                                               
committee  substitute  (CS)  for  HJR  16,  Version  26-LS0551\R,                                                               
Bannister, 4/2/09, as the work  draft.  There being no objection,                                                               
Version R was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:19:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SANDRA  WILSON, Staff,  Representative Carl  Gatto, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, stated that copies of  the resolution are to be sent                                                               
to  various  parties  in Washington  D.C.  including  the  United                                                               
States  Secretary   of  Veterans   Affairs.     However,  General                                                               
Shinseki's predecessor was listed in  HJR 16.  She explained that                                                               
the Honorable  Eric K.  Shinseki is  listed in  Version R  as the                                                               
current U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:19:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN moved to report the CSHJR 16, Version 26-                                                                 
LS0551\R,  Bannister, 4/2/09,  out of  committee with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying  fiscal note.   There being                                                               
no  objection, the  CSHJR  16(L&C) was  reported  from the  House                                                               
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:20:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 3:20 p.m. to 3:21 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:21:59 PM