86
HR010
Resolve: HR010
Year: 86
Source Bill: HR13
Source Root: HR0013
HOUSE RESOLVE NO. 10
Relating to cooperation between the states of Alaska and Washington on matters of mutual concern.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
WHEREAS the State of Alaska, and in prior time the Territory of Alaska, has relied on the Port of Seattle and the State of Washington as the primary connection for Alaskan commerce; and
WHEREAS Alaskans have traditionally held in high esteem the great political leaders of Washington, including Henry "Scoop" Jackson, Warren G. Magnusen, and Lloyd Meeds; and
WHEREAS the businesses and citizens of Washington have shared handsomely in the economic uplift associated with construction of the TransAlaska Pipeline and development of Alaska's North Slope oil fields; and
WHEREAS Alaskan people continue to show their admiration, appreciation, and goodwill toward the people of Washington; and
WHEREAS the economy of Alaska is adversely affected by national policies, such as the Jones Act and the ban on the export of Alaskan crude oil; and
WHEREAS Alaska's congressional delegation needs help in the Congress from Alaska's friends, especially those with whom we have long historical ties;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska House of Representatives, in the spirit of continued friendship, respectfully asks the members of the Washington congressional delegation, the members of the Washington legislature, the governor of Washington, and the business leaders of Washington to take into account the interests of Alaska, as well as their own interest in the relationship between Alaska and Washington, when acting on matters that are of mutual and direct concern to both states.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Booth Gardner, Governor of the State of Washington; the Honorable John A. Cherberg, President of the Senate of the Washington State Legislature; the Honorable H. A. Goltz, President Pro tempore of the Senate of the Washington State Legislature; the Honorable Wayne Ehlers, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Washington State Legislature; the Honorable Slade Gorton and the Honorable Danial J. Evans, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable John Miller, the Honorable Al Swift, the Honorable Don Bonker, the Honorable Sid Morrison, the Honorable Thomas S. Foley, the Honorable Norman D. Dicks, the Honorable Mike Lowry, and the Honorable Rod Chandler, U.S. Representatives, members of the Washington delegation in Congress; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
LR043
Resolve: LR043
Year: 86
Source Bill: HJR34
Source Root: HJR034
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 43
Urging Congress to maintain the current level of federal funding for child nutrition programs.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the child nutrition programs in the state serve a wide range of children from all economic backgrounds;
and
WHEREAS good nutrition is essential to the growth, development, learning, and general well being of children;
and
WHEREAS the April 1983, National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs indicated that students who participate in school lunch programs are better nourished than children who do not participate in school lunch programs; and
WHEREAS seven affiliated organizations within the state have adopted the Alaska State Nutrition Committee's School Lunch Resolution of January 1984, and this resolution emphasizes the importance of good nutrition; and
WHEREAS participation in child nutrition programs is increasing in the state; and
WHEREAS the cost of the state's child nutrition programs is also increasing; and
WHEREAS approval of the projected cuts in federal funding for child nutrition programs will jeopardize the continuation of the present lunch programs in the state;
and
WHEREAS the projected federal funding cuts, representing more than a 30 percent reduction from the current funding level of the cash reimbursements for state child nutrition programs, will adversely affect the quality of the existing child nutrition programs and the ability of the state to maintain these programs;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that it urges the United States Congress to maintain the present level of federal funding for child nutrition programs throughout the country.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ronald Reagan, President of the United States;
to the Honorable George Bush, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; to the Honorable Strom Thurmond, President Pro Tempore of the U.S.
Senate; to the Honorable Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S.
Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
Relating to the payment of just compensation to landowners for certain rights-of-way across land in Alaska.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the Federal Government created certain rights-of-way for highway purposes across land in the state under Public Land Order 601, Public Land Order 757, Department Order 2665, and Public Land Order 1613; and
WHEREAS the rights-of-way created by the Federal Government were not identified in the patents issued to Alaska homesteaders nor were the original homesteaders informed as to the location or true width of the rights-of-way claimed for highway purposes by the Federal Government across their land; and
WHEREAS the original homesteaders and their successors in interest have had no knowledge of the claim of the Federal Government to the rightsof-way along or across their properties and have often utilized and improved the portion of the right-of-way claimed by the Federal Government; and
WHEREAS the enforcement of the rights-of-way would be unfair to homesteaders who entered their property between August 1949 and Alaska statehood in 1959; and
WHEREAS the rights-of-way created by the Federal Government were not recorded in any territorial or state recording office for the purpose of public notice; and
WHEREAS the right to utilize the rights-of-way for highway purposes was conveyed to the state in 1959; and
WHEREAS the United States Department of Transportation has declined to pay federal highway funds to the state to allow the state to pay just compensation to the landowners whose properties are affected by the rights-of-way; and
WHEREAS U.S. Senator Ted Stevens has attempted in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970, sec. 138, to require the United States Department of Transportation to compensate the State of Alaska for money paid as just compensation for the taking and utilization of the rights-of-way;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Alaska delegation to U.S. Congress is urged to introduce and support legislation to require reimbursement by the United States Department of Transportation to the State of Alaska for money paid by the state as just compensation for the use of any right-of-way created, established, or claimed under Public Land Order 601, Public Land Order 757, Department Order 2665, and Public Land Order 1613.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.
Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
LR045
Resolve: LR045
Year: 86
Source Bill: SJR33
Source Root: SJR033
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 45
Supporting National Friendship Week.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS friendship is an expression of goodwill toward others and a caring force for hope, promise, and understanding; and
WHEREAS the spirit of brotherhood and friendship is important and vital to our survival; and
WHEREAS people throughout the world need the opportunity to communicate peacefully with one another;
and
WHEREAS a national friendship week provides an opportunity for all people to amicably join together in friendship and give evidence of their commitment to peace;
and
WHEREAS a national friendship week has been proposed by former Anchorage Mayor George Byer to remind the people of the United States to extend friendship to others wherever they may be in order to promote amity, peace, and accord among all citizens of the world; and
WHEREAS the United States Congress now has before it Senate Joint Resolution No. 151, introduced by Senator Frank Murkowski and co-sponsored by Senator Ted Stevens, establishing June 22 through June 28 in each year as "National Friendship Week";
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the establishment of "National Friendship Week";
and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the United States Congress is respectfully urged to act quickly in 1986 to designate the week of June 22 through June 28 in each year as "National Friendship Week."
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable George Bush, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; to the Honorable Strom Thurmond, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate; to the Honorable Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens, and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
LR046
Resolve: LR046
Year: 86
Source Bill: SCR43
Source Root: SCR043
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 46
Suspending Uniform Rules 41(b), 24(c), and 35 of the Alaska State Legislature concerning House Bill No. 382.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
That under Rule 54 of the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature the provisions of Rule 41(b) of the Uniform Rules and the provisions of Rule 24(c) and Rule 35, regarding changes to the title of a bill, are suspended in consideration of House Bill No. 382, relating to a retirement incentive program.
LR047
Resolve: LR047
Year: 86
Source Bill: HJR72
Source Root: HJR072
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 47
Relating to a joint legislative conference of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, and the Alaska State Legislature.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the State of Alaska and the Yukon Territory are neighbors, sharing over 700 miles of international boundary; and
WHEREAS Alaska and the Yukon Territory share rich Native and non-Native cultures that long predate the establishment of international boundaries; and
WHEREAS Alaska and the Yukon Territory share a common habitat for caribou, salmon and other wildlife resources; and
WHEREAS Alaska and the Yukon Territory share the potential for development of tourism, hydroelectric power, and mineral resources; and
WHEREAS Alaska and the Yukon Territory have made cooperative agreements in the areas of transportation and tourism; and
WHEREAS Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories lie in or near the arctic and thus share common problems and challenges that can best be solved by greater communication and cooperation between the state and territorial governments, rather than at the federal level; and
WHEREAS increased communication, and a mutual understanding of our forms of government will foster improved international cooperation; and
WHEREAS in 1982 the Alaska State Legislature, the Yukon Legislative Assembly and the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly held a joint legislative conference in order to foster such cooperation, and in 1983, 1984, and 1986 the Alaska State Legislature and the Yukon Legislative Assembly held similar conferences; and
WHEREAS a delegation from the Alaska State Legislature was invited to meet with the Yukon Legislature this year during the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature invites members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly to meet in Juneau, Alaska during the First Session of the Fifteenth State Legislature, between January and May 1987, for a joint conference; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature is encouraged to foster cooperation and friendship with the Yukon Legislative Assembly and the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly by continuing joint legislative conferences in the years ahead.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to all members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly.
LR048
Resolve: LR048
Year: 86
Source Bill: HJR74
Source Root: HJR074
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 48
Relating to friendship between Heilongjiang Province and the State of Alaska.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS Chen Lei, former governor of Heilongjiang Province of the People's Republic of China, is a renowned poet and calligrapher; and
WHEREAS friendship and mutual understanding are the common desire of the people of the State of Alaska and the people of Heilongjiang; and
WHEREAS poets and artists enrich our ability to understand and appreciate the world around us; and
WHEREAS Governor Chen Lei visited Alaska in February of 1985 to conclude an agreement of special friendship between the people of Heilongjiang and the people of Alaska; and
WHEREAS during his visit he was moved by his experiences to compose poetry about Alaska;
BE IT RESOLVED that the governor and the legislature of Alaska express their appreciation for Governor Chen's past and continued efforts to increase our friendship and understanding with the people of Heilongjiang; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that Governor Chen is respectfully requested to provide the State of Alaska with a copy of the poetry when it is published so that it may be displayed in Alaska, preserved in our state archives as an historical document, and translated into English so that it may be more readily understood by the people of this country.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to Chen Lei, former governor of Heilongjiang Province; Hou Jie, current governor of Heilongjiang Province; and Tang Shubei, consul general for the Peoples Republic of China, in San Francisco, California.
LR049
Resolve: LR049
Year: 86
Source Bill: SJR45
Source Root: SJR045
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 49
Relating to compensation for injuries to commercial fishermen.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the United States commercial fishing industry is facing a crisis in the cost and availability of marine insurance; and
WHEREAS the Alaska commercial fishing industry is experiencing severe economic costs as a result of these problems; and
WHEREAS these costs are having a detrimental impact on the people and the communities of the state; and
WHEREAS the most troublesome part of the marine insurance crisis is the method by which injured fishermen are compensated and the resultant impact on the protection and indemnity insurance (P&I) policy; and
WHEREAS the system for compensating injured commercial fishermen is established under federal law; and
WHEREAS a 1957 survey and study sponsored by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that the system "...disregards completely the financial, economic, and operational characteristics of the industry"; and
WHEREAS the study also stated that "the system is unjust because it is wasteful and slow and it fosters misunderstanding and bitterness between employer and employees"; and
WHEREAS the study recommended that the system be replaced by a more equitable one; and
WHEREAS a more detailed study sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 1976 recommended the consideration of an alternative liability system; and
WHEREAS a 1985 study sponsored by the National Council of Fishing Vessel Safety and Insurance also recommends sweeping changes in the existing system of compensating injured fishermen and warns that "This is ... probably the last time this issue will be presented before Congress. Either the system will be changed, or the industry will not be strong enough to return"; and
WHEREAS the Congress is presently evaluating the problem and considering possible solutions to it;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that Congress is respectfully requested to take whatever action is necessary to revise the present system for compensating injured fishermen so that it will be fair to commercial fishermen and affordable by the vessel owners.
LR027
Resolve: LR027
Year: 86
Source Bill: SCR30
Source Root: SCR030
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 27
Relating to extending the existence of the joint legislative committee on local option elections.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the First Session of the Fourteenth Legislature passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 23 establishing a joint special committee on local option laws; and
WHEREAS this joint special committee was intended to dissolve on the 10th day of the Second Session of the Fourteenth Legislature; and
WHEREAS the joint special committee requires additional time in which to address the problems associated with alcohol abuse and the use of local option elections to combat this abuse;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the joint special committee established by the First Session of the Fourteenth Legislature by Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, shall not dissolve on the 10th day of the Second Session, but shall dissolve on the 30th day of the First Session of the Fifteenth Legislature, after submitting a written report to the legislature that addresses the merits of and makes recommendations concerning these local option elections.
LR028
Resolve: LR028
Year: 86
Source Bill: SCR31
Source Root: SCR031
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 28
Proposing establishment of Constitution Observance Day in Alaska's schools and marking the 30th signing anniversary.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS Alaska's Constitution has been recognized as a model modern instrument of government; and
WHEREAS the Alaska Constitution's structure is strong and flexible enough to have withstood three decades of significant change in economic, social, and political forces; and
WHEREAS the Alaska Constitution was signed 30 years ago on February 5, 1956, on the campus of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks; and
WHEREAS it is important that the spirit of Alaskan independence and statehood be preserved and that our young people remember the content and concepts in the state constitution; and
WHEREAS the future of this state is invested in our youth and these younger generations of Alaskans in Alaska's schools will continue to live under this instrument of government in future decades;
BE IT RESOLVED that February 5, 1986, be recognized as Alaska Constitution Day in the state's schools and that education leaders encourage discussions of the Alaska Constitution by students and teachers on that date; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that all Alaskans join students in acknowledging February 5, 1986 as the 30th anniversary of the signing of their state's constitution.
LR029
Resolve: LR029
Year: 86
Source Bill: CSHJR58(HESS)
Source Root: HJR058
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 29
Urging the United States Department of Health and Human Services to ease the restrictions on the granting of Medicaid 1915(c) waivers.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS Congress enacted the Medicaid waiver for home and community- based services (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)), known as the 1915(c) waiver, in sec. 2176 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-35) to contain rapidly increasing medical costs by offering payment for services within the community to maintain certain patients, including the elderly, the developmentally disabled, and the mentally ill, outside of high-cost institutions; and
WHEREAS the 1915(c) waiver allows each state the flexibility necessary to determine the types of alternative services to be offered, the groups to be covered, and the geographical areas of the state to be included; and
WHEREAS although the groups usually covered by the 1915(c) waiver, including the elderly, use institutional services extensively, they are also the groups who would benefit the most if Medicaid permitted them to utilize noninstitutional services; and
WHEREAS the states have recognized the benefits of the 1915(c) waiver by dramatically increasing waiver applications from 69 requests in 39 states in 1983, to 138 requests in 47 states in 1984; and
WHEREAS the states have found it increasingly difficult to obtain 1915(c) waivers because the new federal regulations covering the waivers are extremely stringent and have been strictly construed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the United States Department of Health and Human Services is requested to ease the restrictions against granting the 1915(c) waivers by amending the regulations covering the 1915(c) waiver and the official interpretations of the regulations to promote, rather than to restrict, the beneficial purposes of sec. 2176 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-35).
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Dr. Otis Bowen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; to the Honorable Lowell P.
Weicker, Jr., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; to the Honorable Fortney H. Stark, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means; to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.
Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress; and to the primary committee that deals with matters of health in each legislative house of each state of the United States other than Alaska.
LR030
Resolve: LR030
Year: 86
Source Bill: CSSCR29(HESS)AM
Source Root: SCR029
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 30
Relating to designating February 1986 as Community College Month.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS in the fall of 1981 there were over 1,219 technical and junior colleges in which 40 percent of all undergraduate college students in the United States were enrolled; and
WHEREAS community colleges prepare people for employment in over 1,400 different occupations or for transfer to four-year colleges and universities; and
WHEREAS community colleges are within reasonable commuting distance for more than 90 percent of all Americans; and
WHEREAS community colleges provide an opportunity to obtain a postsecondary education at low cost for many people who could not otherwise afford one; and
WHEREAS community colleges are community-based institutions that provide flexible and diverse programs and services tailored to fit the needs of their local populations and industries; and
WHEREAS Alaska has 11 community colleges that provide campus and outreach services to citizens throughout the state;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Governor is respectfully requested to designate February 1986 as "Community College Month" and to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the state to observe February with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
LR031
Resolve: LR031
Year: 86
Source Bill: CSHJR59(HESS)
Source Root: HJR059
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 31
Urging the United States Congress to pass an amended form of H.R. 1279 (99th Congress), the AFDC Error Reduction and Quality Control Act, or substantially similar legislation.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program is an integral part of the social programs of the United States and critical to the health and welfare of the children who live in poverty in the United States; and
WHEREAS Alaska supports a system of quality control of the AFDC program if the system is equitable and cost-effective, review is timely, fiscal sanctions are reasonable, and incentives are included; and
WHEREAS the quality control programs instituted by the states and territories of the United States and monitored by the federal government have reduced the national rate of error on the payment of AFDC benefits by one-half during the last decade; and
WHEREAS experience with the quality control program for AFDC shows that many errors are based on errors in paperwork or on client errors that the states and territories cannot control and that are not necessarily related to misspent funds; and
WHEREAS the states and territories of the United States are facing 1.3 billion dollars in fiscal sanctions for exceeding federally determined error tolerance levels; and
WHEREAS the states and territories of the United States are faced with the necessity of either reducing the administration of their social programs and thereby risking higher rates of error, or reducing benefits to clients to compensate for the fiscal sanctions imposed by the federal government; and
WHEREAS all programs for low income people, including the food stamp and Medicaid programs, are inextricably linked to each other, and reductions or changes in one program affect the benefits available in other programs; and
WHEREAS all federal programs for low income persons have separate quality control and fiscal sanction components, thereby amassing billions of dollars in potential fiscal sanctions for the states and territories of the United States;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the United States Congress is respectfully urged to support the passage of legislation that incorporates the substance of the AFDC Error Reduction and Quality Control Act (H.R.
1279, 99th Congress), amended to cover the Food Stamp and Medicaid Programs as well as the AFDC program; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that this legislation should require that
(1) the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) shall disregard errors that have no fiscal impact when determining error rates;
(2) there shall be established a national error rate that is four percent for the AFDC and Medicaid programs and five percent for the food stamp program, and that allows a higher error rate on a state-by-state or territory-by-territory basis under appropriate conditions;
(3) DHHS shall provide positive financial incentives to states and territories with error rates less than the national error rate in the form of enhanced federal funding for the administrative costs of the AFDC, Medicaid and food stamp programs; and
(4) DHHS shall waive all or part of the fiscal sanctions if the secretary of the DHHS determines that a noncomplying state or territory has made a good faith effort to comply but has experienced circumstances beyond its control that make it impossible for the state or territory to comply.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ronald Reagan, President of the United States;
the Honorable Dr. Otis Bowen, Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services; the Honorable George Bush, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Thomas P.
O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; to the Honorable Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; to the Honorable Fortney H. Stark, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means; to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress; and to the primary committee that deals with matters of health in each legislative house of each state of the United States other than Alaska.
LR032
Resolve: LR032
Year: 86
Source Bill: SJR29
Source Root: SJR029
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 32
Relating to maintenance of essential air service to Cordova, Yakutat, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Gustavus, Alaska.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the United States Department of Transportation is reviewing proposals for providing essential air service to Cordova, Yakutat, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Gustavus; and
WHEREAS two proposals have been submitted, one proposing to continue existing air service with B-737 and B-727 aircraft, and another proposing use of the Convair 580 to provide air service; and
WHEREAS the Convair 580 is inadequate to meet current passenger and freight demands, particularly during peak travel periods; and
WHEREAS seafood, timber, and tourism are vital industries that depend on receiving this essential air service; and
WHEREAS the demands for adequate and regular air service would require the use of B-737 and B-727 aircraft to carry passengers and freight to and from Cordova, Yakutat, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Gustavus;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the United States Department of Transportation to continue to require the use of B-737 and B-727 aircraft to provide essential air service to Cordova, Yakutat, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Gustavus.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable George Bush, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Thomas P.
O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives;
and to the Honorable Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the Department of Transportation; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
LR033
Resolve: LR033
Year: 86
Source Bill: SJR30
Source Root: SJR030
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 33
Relating to passenger service by Korean Air Lines in Anchorage.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS under the 1978 Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Korea and the United States, Korean Air Lines has the right to operate between Korea and Los Angeles or New York with a stopover in Anchorage, but may not pick up passengers in Anchorage; and
WHEREAS the 1980 Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries that would allow Korean Air Lines to pick up passengers in Anchorage has not been ratified; and
WHEREAS in 1983 Korean Air Lines' request to provide passenger service between Anchorage and Korea was rejected because the 1980 Memorandum of Understanding has not been ratified; and
WHEREAS Korean Air Lines operates about 40 flights each week to New York and Los Angeles that use Anchorage as a technical stop; and
WHEREAS Korean Air Lines also operates three flights each week between Seoul and Europe that use Anchorage as a technical stop; and
WHEREAS no direct passenger service is provided between Korea and Anchorage so that passengers travelling between those points must use connecting passenger service that is inconvenient, time-consuming, and infrequent; and
WHEREAS existing air cargo service between Korea and Anchorage is neither direct nor frequent; and
WHEREAS there exists a pressing need for improved air transportation service between Korea and Alaska; and
WHEREAS if Korean Air Lines could pick up passengers in Anchorage during stops it must make anyway, service between Anchorage and other points served by the airline would be improved in an efficient manner;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the President of the United States is respectfully requested to ratify the 1980 Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Korea and the United States so that Korean Air Lines will be permitted to pick up passengers in Anchorage. COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; the Honorable Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the Department of Transportation; the Honorable George P.
Shultz, Secretary of the Department of State; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.
Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
LR034
Resolve: LR034
Year: 86
Source Bill: HCR55
Source Root: HCR055
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 34
Relating to the eighteenth annual Girls' State.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the eighteenth annual Girls' State will be held under the sponsorship of the American Legion Auxiliary and cooperating organizations; and
WHEREAS this outstanding annual program of the American Legion Auxiliary ranks high among the efforts of several Alaskan organizations to bring to the youth delegates an awareness of their future roles in state and local government; and
WHEREAS this week-long youth citizen exercise of Girls' State is made possible by an admirable combination of volunteer service and the free enterprise of generous people and organizations without placing a financial burden on government or on the taxpayer; and
WHEREAS it is consistent with these standards for the legislature to encourage state and local legislators and other public officials and agencies to volunteer their services and provide copies of state publications and materials that form an important part of the program;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature salutes the sponsors of and participants in the eighteenth annual Girls' State program; commends those government officials and agencies and private individuals and organizations who support and participate in this exercise in youth citizenship; and pledges to continue to provide legislative materials, advice and encouragement to the Girls' State program as it does to similar worthy civic efforts.
LR035
Resolve: LR035
Year: 86
Source Bill: HCR56
Source Root: HCR056
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 35
Relating to the twentieth annual Boys' State.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the twentieth annual Boys' State will be held under the sponsorship of the American Legion and cooperating organizations; and
WHEREAS this fine annual program is dedicated to increasing the delegates awareness of their future roles in state and local government as well as promoting interest and knowledge about the operation of our system of government; and
WHEREAS it is only through an admirable combination of volunteer effort and the enterprising talents of generous individuals who do not receive government or taxpayer monetary support that this week-long youth citizenship exercise known as Boys' State takes place; and
WHEREAS the legislature would like to encourage state and local legislators and other public officials and agencies to volunteer their services and to provide copies of state publications and materials related to the program;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature applauds the sponsors of and participants in the twentieth annual Boys' State program; commends to the attention of government officials and agencies and private individuals and organizations the opportunity to support and participate in this exercise in youth citizenship; and promises to continue to provide legislative materials, advice and encouragement to the Boys' State program as it does to similar worthy civic efforts.
LR036
Resolve: LR036
Year: 86
Source Bill: CSHCR8(O&G)
Source Root: HCR008
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 36
Relating to a natural gas pipeline.
rwn BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the strength and well being of the state's economy will depend on long-term energy sources; and
WHEREAS declining revenue is requiring that the state execute its long-term energy planning with a minimum amount of speculation and preconstruction expenditures; and
WHEREAS in-state uses of the state's resources will directly benefit citizens with increased employment and lower energy costs; and
WHEREAS in-state use of resources will decrease dependence on products and pricing of domestic and foreign suppliers, thus helping to end vulnerability to world resource market depressions; and
WHEREAS one of the state's most abundant, usable, long-term, environmentally efficient energy sources is natural gas; and
WHEREAS the residents of the Interior and Railbelt need an energy source for home heating and electrical generation; and
WHEREAS a major generating source is needed at each end of the Fairbanks - Anchorage intertie; and
WHEREAS a natural gas pipeline will eventually pass near Fairbanks if North Slope gas is transported either to tidewater or through Canada to the continental United States; and
WHEREAS both in-state uses and foreign and domestic marketing will depend on the construction of such a line;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages the Governor to consider, as an alternative to other energy proposals, the long-term benefits to residents of the state from a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Fairbanks, with spurs to other Interior communities; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature will cooperate with the administration to remove any barriers that may have delayed progress in building a natural gas pipeline.
LR037
Resolve: LR037
Year: 86
Source Bill: HJR53AM
Source Root: HJR053
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 37
Relating to the United States and Soviet Union boundary dispute and the resources in the area under dispute.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS the Navarin Basin oil and gas lease sale in April 1984, resulted in total accepted bids of $631,200,000, of which $108,174,000 was for an area claimed by the Soviet Union; and
WHEREAS the winning bidders for the 17 tracts in the area claimed by the Soviet Union not only are precluded from exploring for oil and gas in these valuable seabed areas, but their bid deposit money is being held in a suspense account by the U.S. Department of the Interior and is yielding only the U.S. Treasury rate of return; and
WHEREAS there are hundreds of American jobs at stake at the drilling sites and at industry support sites; and
WHEREAS the question of territorial jurisdiction also has implications for bottom fishery operations for American fishermen; and
WHEREAS the normal depiction of lines on the globe are by the arc of a great circle, especially when they involve great distances in the open ocean, such as the 1867 Convention Line marking the boundary between the United States and Russia; and
WHEREAS the U.S. Department of State's International Boundary Study #14 ("U.S. - Russia Convention Line of 1867"), which was published in 1965, depicted the 1867 Convention Line by arcs of a great circle; and
WHEREAS discussions have been conducted between the U.S. Department of State and the Soviet Government over this issue since 1981, with the latest round being held in Moscow on July 23 and 24, 1984, with the American delegation led by Davis R. Robinson, the Legal Adviser of the U.S.
Department of State; and
WHEREAS Article IV, Sec. 3 of the United States Constitution provides that "The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States"; and
WHEREAS the western-most limit to the oil and gas leasing program of the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Outer Continental Shelf in the Bering Sea has been set by the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. - Russia Convention Line of 1867; and
WHEREAS the leasing program involving the 1867 Convention Line in the Bering Sea includes the Navarin Basin and the Norton Basin; and
WHEREAS there are highly significant oil and gas deposits estimated by the U.S. Department of the Interior in these basins; and
WHEREAS these potential hydrocarbon energy deposits are a vital part of the future energy production for the United States and its goal of energy independence; and
WHEREAS the leasing schedule for sales of oil and gas includes the Navarin Basin in April 1984 and March 1986, the St. George Basin in May 1985 and April 1987, and the Norton Basin in December 1985; and
WHEREAS the area is estimated to contain approximately 100,000 tons of sustainable yield of pollock that is presently being fished exclusively by foreign fishing fleets; and
WHEREAS during the announcement of the Navarin Basin's April 1984 sale, the U.S. Department of the Interior revealed that the Soviet Union was demanding part of the Outer Continental Shelf in the Navarin Basin and that the U.S. Department of State was requiring that the proposed oil and gas lease sales in the area claimed by the Soviet Government be held in abeyance, that is, the bids received and retained but the leases not awarded until the matter is resolved; and
WHEREAS the Federal Register announcement described the dispute as follows:
"The differing claims relate to differing depictions of the line established by the 1867 Convention Ceding Alaska between the United States and Russia. The United States depicts the 1867 Convention Line as the maritime boundary by arcs of a great circle while the Soviet Union depicts the 1867 Convention Line as rhumb lines."; and
WHEREAS the area of the Outer Continental Shelf demanded by the Soviet Union between the arc-of-a-great-circle and the rhumb-line depictions in the Bering Sea amounts to approximately 18,000 square miles;
and
WHEREAS an agreement to concede this area to the Soviet Union would contribute to the petroleum production and bottom fishery potential of the Soviet Union;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature finds that it is in the best interests of the United States and of the State of Alaska that the U.S. Department of State not yield to the demands of the Soviet Union to set the western-most Outer Continental Shelf limit of the United States in the Bering Sea by a rhumb-line depiction rather than the arc-of-a-great- circle depiction of the U.S. - Russia Convention Line of 1867; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be understood as the sentiments of the State of Alaska concerning the interests of the United States in adhering to the arc-of-a-great-circle depiction in the diplomatic discussions regarding the question; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED the United States Department of State is urged to adopt a firm stance and aggressively pursue a resolution of the Bering Sea Boundary dispute favorable to the interests of the government and the people of the United States.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, to the Honorable George Bush, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; to the Honorable George Shultz, Secretary of State; to the Honorable Donald Hodel, Secretary of the Interior; and Mr. William Bettenberg, director, Minerals Management Service;
to the Honorable John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy; to the Honorable Malcom Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; to the Honorable Walter B. Jones, Chairman, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; to the Honorable John C.
Danforth, Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
LR038
Resolve: LR038
Year: 86
Source Bill: SCR24
Source Root: SCR024
LEGISLATIVE RESOLVE NO. 38
Relating to appointment of representatives to the Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
WHEREAS fishing on the Pacific Coast plays a vital role in economic development; and
WHEREAS there is an obvious need for developing means for protecting and fostering Pacific fishing so as to maximize yield while protecting the resource for future generations; and
WHEREAS the subjects that require interstate cooperation are many and know no state boundaries;
BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, joining with the presiding officers of the other jurisdictions shall appoint, respectively, two senators and two representatives to represent Alaska on the Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force, which shall operate as a clearinghouse for opinion from all the various interests involved in Pacific fishing, and which shall include among its duties the duty to report to the legislatures of the participating jurisdictions and to the state delegations in the United States Congress concerning means of protecting and fostering Pacific fishing in the participating jurisdictions.
COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the presiding officers of the legislatures of Washington, California, and Oregon.
