HCR 17-SUPPORT AVIATION INDUSTRY; USE STATE LAND  2:49:06 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER announced that the final order of business would be HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17, Supporting the aviation industry; and urging the governor to make state-owned land available to the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry for the management and operation of UAS and related research, manufacturing, testing, and training. 2:49:40 PM REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK moved to adopt Amendment 1 [not labeled], which read as follows [original punctuation provided]: Page 1, Line 13: Remove: "aviation" Insert: "unmanned aircraft systems" Whereas the state anticipates 173 new jobs in the aviation unmanned aircraft systems industry... Page 1, Line 15: Remove: "aviation" Insert: "unmanned aircraft systems" Jobs indirectly created by the aviation unmanned  aircraft systems that... Page 2, Line 1: Insert at end of the paragraph: Related earnings into the state's economy as  identified in the May 2013 McDowell Group report  prepared for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft  Systems Integration, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2:50:06 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER objected for the purpose of discussion. 2:50:15 PM GINGER BLAISDELL, Staff, Representative Shelley Hughes, Alaska State Legislature, Member, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Legislative Task Force, stated that Amendment 1 has three parts designed to add some clarification and was brought to the attention of the committee by Representative Claman. She stated that under Amendment 1, on page 1, line 13, the word "aviation" would be removed and replaced with "unmanned aircraft systems", because the information provided is specific to UAS rather than the entire aviation industry. She stated that the same change would be made on page 1, line 15. She said on page 2, line 1, the change references the source of the information as a May 2013 McDowell Group report prepared for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, as part of an application to be an FAA test site. 2:51:36 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER removed his objection. There being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted. 2:51:52 PM REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK moved to adopt Amendment 2 [not labeled], which read as follows [original punctuation provided]: Page 2 ADD a new section following line 26: COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Michael P. Huerta, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; Honorable Bill Walker, Governor of Alaska; Commissioners of all Alaska State Departments; Executive Directors of all State Corporations; and Brian Wynne, President and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International 2:51:59 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER objected for the purpose of discussion. 2:52:05 PM MS. BLAISDELL stated that Amendment 2 adds a new section, with language identifying where copies of HCR 17 are to be provided. She said all state departments are being encouraged to look at their land holdings to determine whether a contractual arrangement could be made. She indicated that giving copies of the concurrent resolution to those on the list would serve the purpose of publicizing that Alaska is open for business. 2:52:55 PM REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK sought clarification regarding what qualifies as a state corporation. MS. BLAISDELL responded that the intention is to distribute the proposed resolution to all executive directors of all State of Alaska corporations, such as the Alaska Railroad Corporation, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, and the Alaska Mental Health Trust. All of the named entities have land holdings and may be interested in allowing commercial UAS access. She stated that sending a copy of HCR 17 to all state corporations would involve distributing an extraordinary number of copies, and many corporations would have no involvement with the UAS industry. She explained that specific UAS companies are not listed because not all of them are known to the [UAS Legislative Task Force]. Alaska is trying to attract business from both the Lower 48 and overseas, and some of these potential investors wish to remain anonymous. REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK stated that Amendment 2 should be reworded to read "State of Alaska corporations." 2:55:35 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER asked if Representative Nageak was offering a conceptual amendment to Amendment 2. 2:55:49 PM REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK replied yes. [The committee treated Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 2 as moved for adoption.] 2:55:53 PM CO-CHAIR HUGHES offered that since HCR 17 does not need to be distributed to every State of Alaska corporation, perhaps the conceptual amendment to the amendment should be rephrased "relevant State of Alaska corporations." MS. BLAISDELL stated that she would prefer to send HCR 17 to all State of Alaska corporations, because she was not sure who she would specifically exclude. REPRESENTATIVE NAGEAK agreed with Ms. Blaisdell's assessment. 2:56:34 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER asked if there was consensus from the committee for adopting Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 2. CO-CHAIR HUGHES stated that as the sponsor, she would be fine with the Conceptual Amendment. 2:57:01 PM REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN offered that Amendment 2 should read "following line 28" versus "following line 26." 2:57:28 PM CO-CHAIR HUGHES clarified that "after line 26" is correct, owing to the work draft which, although not adopted, was provided. CO-CHAIR FOSTER requested clarification. MS. BLAISDELL explained that under proposed Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 2, the copies of the resolution would be sent to "State of Alaska Corporations". [The committee treated Conceptual Amendment 1 to Amendment 2 as adopted.] 2:58:42 PM CO-CHAIR FOSTER removed his objection to the motion to adopt Amendment 2, as amended, and with no further objection, Amendment 2 was adopted. 2:59:16 PM REPRESENTATIVE STUTES moved to report HCR 17, as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHCR 17(TRA) was reported from the House Transportation Standing Committee.