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SENATE00Enrolled RESOLUTIONSR NO.2 01 Establishing a Senate Special Committee on the Arctic.

202 01_______________ Establishing03 aBE SenateIT SpecialRESOLVED CommitteeBY onTHE theSENATE: Arctic.

0204 BEWHEREAS ITthis RESOLVEDstate BYis THEwhat SENATE:makes the United States an Arctic nation;

03and 05 WHEREAS thisthe stateinterests isof whatthe makesstate theare Uniteddirectly Statesaffected anby Arctic nation;policy;

and 0406 WHEREAS theresidents interests of the statestate, arehaving directlylived affectedand byworked in the Arctic policy;region for 07 decades, have developed expert knowledge regarding a full range of activities and issues 08 involving the region;

and 0509 WHEREAS residents of the state,Arctic havingregion livedis andnow workedframed inby theincreasing Arcticactivity, regionchange, for10 06opportunity, decades,globalization, haveresource developeddevelopment, expert knowledge regarding a fullsensitive rangeenvironment, ofand activitiesrich and issues11 07diverse involvingcultures; the region;

and 0812 WHEREAS the Arctic region is now framed by increasing activity, change, 09 opportunity, globalization, resource development, a sensitivedynamic environment,place andthat richis andchanging 10rapidly; diverse cultures;

and 1113 WHEREAS the Arctic region is abecoming dynamicincreasingly placeaccessible thatbecause isof changing14 rapidly;receding sea ice and technological advances;

and 1215 WHEREAS the Arctic region isconstitutes becomingthe increasinglyfinal accessiblefrontier becausein ofexploration 13 receding sea ice and technological16 advances;opportunity;

and 1417 WHEREAS the ArcticNorthern regionSea constitutesRoute along the finalcoast frontierof inRussia explorationand through the Bering Strait is 40 percent shorter than the shipping route through the Suez Canal for shipping 02 between Europe and 15Asia opportunity;and is being increasingly used;

and 16 WHEREAS the Northern Sea Route along the coast of Russia and through the Bering Strait is 40 percent shorter than the shipping route through the Suez Canal for shipping 02 between Europe and Asia and is being increasingly used;