SCR 19-PROCLAIMING UNITED STATES MARSHALS DAY                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:32:40 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI  stated  that  the  next  item  before  the                                                               
committee was  SCR 19, which  would proclaim September  24, 2012,                                                               
as United States Marshal's Day.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR   FRED  DYSON,   sponsor  of   SCR  19,   introduced  the                                                               
resolution.  He  related  that in  1789  the  federal  government                                                               
created the U.S. Marshal Service.  After the Alaska Purchase, the                                                               
Marshals were  given the job  of law enforcement in  Alaska. This                                                               
year is  the 128th year of  U.S. Marshal presence in  Alaska. The                                                               
resolution would  provide for a one-time-only  U.S. Marshal's Day                                                               
to  let people  know  about their  contributions. Eight  Marshals                                                               
have died in  service to Alaska. U.S. Marshals  work closely with                                                               
other Alaska law enforcement agencies.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHUCK KOPP,  staff to  Senator Dyson,  noted the  significance of                                                               
the  date. On  September 24,  1789, Congress  appointed the  U.S.                                                               
Marshall Service.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:35:25 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI asked  for a motion to move  SCR 19, version                                                               
M, from committee.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PASKVAN  moved to  report  SCR  19 from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations and the attached zero fiscal note.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI announced  that without  objection, SCR  19                                                               
was reported from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.