SCR 18-DECORATION OF HONOR                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:35:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROSES  announced that the  next order of business  would be                                                               
SENATE  CONCURRENT   RESOLUTION  NO.  18,  Awarding   the  Alaska                                                               
Decoration of Honor to certain members of the military.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:35:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DAHLSTROM  stated that this  is an issue  on which                                                               
many  House members  have been  working for  the past  18 months.                                                               
The Alaska Decoration of Honor will  be awarded to those who have                                                               
given   the  ultimate   sacrifice  in   defending  our   country.                                                               
Representative  Dahlstrom opined  that  this award  is the  least                                                               
that  Alaska can  do  to  thank the  veterans'  families and  she                                                               
expressed her  interest in  planning the  first ceremony  for the                                                               
presentation of the coins and boxes.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:37:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROSES added  that  SCR 18  outlines  the presentation  and                                                               
lists the recipients of an  award that was established last year.                                                               
He noted that the list of  names is incomplete and recipients can                                                               
be added as they become known.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:37:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR BILL  WIELECHOWSKI, Alaska State  Legislature, introduced                                                               
SCR  18, as  the sponsor.   He  stated that  the resolution  is a                                                               
follow up to previously passed  legislation, HB 244, and that the                                                               
resolution lists the  names of those who will  receive the Alaska                                                               
Decoration of Honor.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:38:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROSES closed public testimony.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:39:04 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DAHLSTROM moved  to report  SCR 18,  Version C.A,                                                               
out  of   committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  the                                                               
accompanying fiscal notes.  There  being no objection, SCR 18 was                                                               
reported  out of  the  House Special  Committee  on Military  and                                                               
Veterans' Affairs.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
2:39:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROSES expressed his belief  that the committee members, and                                                               
others, are very appreciative of this legislation.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
2:39:51 PM