HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                  
                   March 20, 1997                                              
                      3:10 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA                                              
OVERVIEW OF GRANT PROGRAM:  DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL               
                            AFFAIRS                                            
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-13, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Hodgins, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting at 3:10 p.m.                                  
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Hodgins, Rokeberg and Ogan.  Representative(s) Ryan arrived as the             
meeting was in progress.                                                       
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
LAMAR COTTEN, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner,                 
Department of Community and Regional Affairs, presented the                    
overview of the department's grant program concerning National                 
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska's leases.                                             
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 3:29 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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.