Alaska HJR 7: Supporting and expressing gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for the Executive Order titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential" and for the president's recognition of the role of the federal government in revitalizing the state's economy, energy production, and resource development.

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES RAUSCHER, Costello, Nelson, Elam, Tilton, Vance, Underwood, Stapp, McCabe,
Prax, Saddler, Ruffridge, Coulombe, Allard, Johnson, Moore, Tomaszewski, Schwanke, Kopp

Introduced: 1/31/25
Referred: Resources

A RESOLUTION

Supporting and expressing gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for the Executive 1
Order titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential" and for the 2
president's recognition of the role of the federal government in revitalizing the state's 3
economy, energy production, and resource development. 4
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 5
WHEREAS the state holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural 6
resources, including minerals, timber, and seafood, which are critical to the state's economy 7
and the prosperity of its citizens; and 8
WHEREAS the Executive Order titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource 9
Potential" provides that, to the benefit of the nation and state residents, the policy of the 10
United States shall be to fully avail itself of the state's land and resources; and 11
WHEREAS that Executive Order demonstrates that the federal government 12
understands the importance of the state to national energy security and global energy markets 13
and how advancing responsible resource development in the state will bolster the nation's 14
economic and strategic interests; and 15

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WHEREAS the President of the United States has directed the agencies of the federal 1
government to work to maximize the development and production of natural resources from 2
federal and state land in the state and to expedite associated permitting and leasing 3
procedures; and 4
WHEREAS the President of the United States has directed that the development of 5
the state's liquefied natural gas potential should be prioritized, as should sale and 6
transportation of that gas to other regions of the nation and to the nation's allies; and 7
WHEREAS the President of the United States has directed the heads of all federal 8
executive departments and agencies, including the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 9
Commerce, and the Secretary of the Army, to exercise their authority to advance resource 10
development projects in the state; and 11
WHEREAS the President of the United States has directed federal agencies to 12
rescind, revoke, revise, amend, defer, or grant exemptions from any regulations, orders, 13
guidance documents, and policies inconsistent with the development policies set out in the 14
Executive Order titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential"; and 15
WHEREAS, in the Executive Order titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary 16
Resource Potential," the President of the United States has directed the Secretary of the 17
Interior 18
(1) to withdraw Secretarial Order 3401, dated June 1, 2021, which 19
suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; 20
(2) to rescind the cancellation of certain mineral leases in the Arctic 21
National Wildlife Refuge, initiate additional mineral leasing activity, and issue permits 22
and easements necessary for oil and gas exploration, development, and production in 23
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; 24
(3) to rescind the final supplemental environmental impact statement 25
titled "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental 26
Impact Statement"; 27
(4) to place a temporary moratorium on all activities and privileges 28
granted to a party under a 2020 record of decision titled "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 29
Leasing Program Record of Decision," to review the decision, and, as appropriate, to 30
conduct a new analysis; 31

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(5) to reinstate a final environmental impact statement titled "Final 1
Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program"; 2
(6) to reinstate a 2020 record of decision titled "Coastal Plain Oil and 3
Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision," referenced in the notice for the 2021 4
Coastal Plain Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale; 5
(7) to evaluate changes to and the potential recission of Public Land 6
Order 5150, signed by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on December 28, 1971, 7
and any later amendments, modifications, or corrections to Public Land Order 5150; 8
(8) to place a temporary moratorium on all activities and privileges 9
granted to a party under the record of decision signed on June 27, 2024, titled "Ambler 10
Road Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision," to review 11
that decision, and to reinstate the record of decision signed on July 23, 2020, by the 12
Bureau of Land Management and United States