CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4(STA)                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Relating  to the  duties  of delegates  selected by  the                                                                   
     legislature  to  attend   a  convention  of  the  states                                                                   
     called  under   art.  V,  Constitution  of   the  United                                                                   
     States,  to  consider  a countermand  amendment  to  the                                                                   
     Constitution  of the  United States;  establishing  as a                                                                   
     joint   committee  of  the   legislature  the   Delegate                                                                   
     Credential Committee  and relating to the  duties of the                                                                   
     committee;  providing  for  an oath  for  delegates  and                                                                   
     alternates  to   a  countermand  amendment   convention;                                                                   
     providing  for  a  chair  and  assistant  chair  of  the                                                                   
     state's  countermand  amendment   delegation;  providing                                                                   
     for  the  duties  of  the  chair  and  assistant  chair;                                                                   
     providing   instructions   for   the  selection   of   a                                                                   
     convention  president; and  providing specific  language                                                                   
     for  the  countermand  amendment  on which  the  state's                                                                   
     convention delegates  are authorized by  the legislature                                                                   
     to vote to approve.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:40:28 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SHELLEY HUGHES, SPONSOR; discussed the bill:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Recent actions  taken by the White House  and Department                                                                   
     of Interior  constitute a new threshold  of overreach in                                                                   
     Alaska unlike anything in recent history.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     HJR14 and  HCR 4  seek to restore  the balance  of power                                                                   
     between  the states  and  federal  government. The  pair                                                                   
     would strengthen  state sovereignty by  providing states                                                                   
     with  veto (countermand)  power  over federal  decisions                                                                   
     not  in  their  best  interest  through  a  precise  and                                                                   
     careful  mechanism established  by an  amendment  to the                                                                   
     U.S. Constitution.  These two resolutions  in tandem are                                                                   
     intended  to  start  the  process  of  amending  the  US                                                                   
     Constitution  via the  powers  granted in  Article V  of                                                                   
     that same document.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     HJR  14  (The Application)  provides  Alaska's  call  to                                                                   
     Congress   for    a   clearly   defined,    single-issue                                                                   
     Countermand   Amendment   Convention.  The   Countermand                                                                   
     Amendment  to  the  United   States  Constitution,  when                                                                   
     ratified,  will  allow  states  to  propose  Countermand                                                                   
     Initiatives,  which  upon  approval by  three-fifths  of                                                                   
     state  legislatures, will  repeal  any federal  statute,                                                                   
     executive  order,   judicial  decision,   or  regulatory                                                                   
     decision listed in the Initiative.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     HCR  4  (The  Delegate  Resolution)  enables  the  state                                                                   
     legislature  to  institute   tight  parameters  for  the                                                                   
     convention,  to ensure  that a  "runaway convention"  is                                                                   
     not  possible and  provides for a  productive, safe  and                                                                   
     timely  process. The Delegate  Resolution establishes  a                                                                   
     Credential Committee  for selection of delegates  to the                                                                   
     convention, and outlines the duties of the delegates.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     HCR  4  also  includes  the   precise  language  of  the                                                                   
     proposed    Countermand    Amendment    to   the    U.S.                                                                   
     Constitution.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Passage of  these resolutions is an actionable  step the                                                                   
     Legislature  can take toward  restoration of  the proper                                                                   
     balance   of  state  and   federal  powers.   These  two                                                                   
     resolutions  do  not pertain  to  a conservative  versus                                                                   
     liberal agenda;  this is  a state versus  federal issue.                                                                   
     This  is   OUR  Alaska,   and  it's  time   the  federal                                                                   
     government understands that.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Micciche restated  that the  committee had  heard                                                                   
SCR 4, the identical bill, and had taken public testimony.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:44:35 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MIKE   COONS,   NATIONAL   LEGISLATIVE   DIRECTOR,   CITIZENS                                                                   
INITIATIVES,  PALMER   (via  teleconference),   testified  in                                                                   
support of the legislation.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Micciche  drew  attention  to  FN  2,  which  was                                                                   
indeterminate.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:45:40 AM                                                                                                                    
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8:46:09 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Hoffman  MOVED  to  report  CS  HCR  4(STA)  out  of                                                                   
Committee   with    individual   recommendations    and   the                                                                   
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHCR  4(STA)  was   REPORTED  out  of  committee   with  "no                                                                   
recommendation"    and   with   one   previously    published                                                                   
indeterminate fiscal note: FN2 (LEG).                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:47:28 AM                                                                                                                    
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8:50:03 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED