HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON                                                                                         
           MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS                                                                                       
                  January 20, 2000                                                                                              
                     4:10 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
COAST GUARD OVERVIEW WITH ADMIRAL BARRETT - 17TH COAST GUARD                                                                    
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CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Lisa Murkowski, Chair, convened the House Special                                                                
Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs meeting at 4:10 p.m.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives                                                             
Murkowski, Kott, and Porter.  Representative Cissna arrived at 4:17                                                             
p.m.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS J. BARRETT, Director of the 17th Coast Guard                                                                
District, noted that he wears another hat as well in the state,                                                                 
that of Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Alaska.  Admiral Barrett                                                             
outlined the Coast Guard's missions in Alaska, which includes ship                                                              
and boating safety, fisheries protection, and environmental                                                                     
protection in the form of oil response and traffic. Admiral Barrett                                                             
added that the Coast Guard's number one priority is search and                                                                  
rescue operations.  Furthermore, in an attempt to increase boating                                                              
safety awareness, the Coast Guard is working on the implementation                                                              
of a five-star safety program.  Not only would the program educate                                                              
the general public and commercial operators, Admiral Barrett noted                                                              
that the commercial groups could use the completion of the                                                                      
five-star program as an endorsement upon their business as an                                                                   
educated and safe operation.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A                                                               
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the                                                             
House Records Office at 129 6th Street, Suite 229, Juneau, Alaska                                                               
99801, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the second session                                                              
of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature this information may                                                               
be obtained by contacting the Legislative Reference Library at 129                                                              
6th Street, Suite 102, (907) 465-3808.