ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE  May 3, 2007 1:31 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair Senator Donny Olson Senator Gary Wilken MEMBERS ABSENT  Senator Albert Kookesh, Chair Senator Bill Wielechowski COMMITTEE CALENDAR  CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18(TRA) Opposing the enactment of the provisions in the Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007 that impose air traffic control user fees, increase aviation fuel and aviation gas taxes, reduce airport funding, and reduce Congressional oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration. MOVED SCS CSHJR 18(TRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  BILL: HJR 18 SHORT TITLE: OPPOSE FED AVIATION FUEL TAX INCREASE SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVE(S) JOHANSEN 04/05/07 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 04/05/07 (H) TRA 04/12/07 (H) TRA AT 1:30 PM CAPITOL 17 04/12/07 (H) Heard & Held 04/12/07 (H) MINUTE(TRA) 04/19/07 (H) TRA AT 1:30 PM CAPITOL 17 04/19/07 (H) Moved CSHJR 18(TRA) Out of Committee 04/19/07 (H) MINUTE(TRA) 04/20/07 (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NT 5DP 04/20/07 (H) DP: FAIRCLOUGH, DOOGAN, NEUMAN, KOHRING, JOHANSEN 04/24/07 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 04/24/07 (H) VERSION: CSHJR 18(TRA) 04/25/07 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 04/25/07 (S) TRA 05/01/07 (S) TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 05/01/07 (S) Heard & Held 05/03/07 (S) TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 WITNESS REGISTER SONIA CHRISTENSEN, Staff Representative Kyle Johansen Alaska State Legislature Juneau, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Presented HJR 18 on behalf of Representative Johansen, sponsor. ACTION NARRATIVE CHAIR JOHN COWDERY called the Senate Transportation Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:31:11 PM. Senators Wilken, Olson, and Cowdery were present at the call to order. HJR 18-OPPOSE FED AVIATION FUEL TAX INCREASE  CHAIR COWDERY announced HJR 18 to be the only order of business. [Before the committee was CSHJR 18(TRA).] SENATOR OLSON moved to adopt the Senate Committee Substitute (CS) for HJR 18, labeled 25-LS0830\K as the working document. Hearing no objections, Version K was before the committee. 1:32:14 PM SONIA CHRISTENSEN, Staff to Representative Kyle Johansen, Alaska State Legislature, said HJR 18 opposes sections of the Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act that imposes air traffic control user fees, increases aviation fuel taxes by $0.50 per gallon, reduces airport funding by $1 billion, and reduces congressional oversight of the FAA. She noted one change in the CS on page 1, line 11, where the word "registered" was replaced by "licensed". 1:33:23 PM SENATOR OLSON moved the Senate CS for HJR 18, labeled 25- LS0830\K, from committee with individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes. Hearing no objections, SCS CSHJR 18(TRA) passed from committee. The committee adjourned at 1:33:41 PM.