HR 8 — Requesting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to locate its Alaska-focused employees, programs, and assets in the state.

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HOUSE00Enrolled RESOLUTIONHR NO.8 01 Requesting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to locate its Alaska- 02 focused employees, programs, and assets in the state.

803 am_______________ 0104 RequestingBE theIT NationalRESOLVED OceanicBY andTHE AtmosphericHOUSE AdministrationOF toREPRESENTATIVES: locate its Alaska- 02 focused employees, programs, and assets in the state.

0305 BEWHEREAS ITAlaska's RESOLVEDcoast BYstretches THEbetween HOUSEthe OFNorth REPRESENTATIVES:Pacific and Arctic Oceans, 06 bordering the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea, for a length greater 07 than the coastlines of all other states combined;

04and 08 WHEREAS Alaska's coastfisheries stretchesgenerate betweenapproximately the$4,500,000,000 North Pacific and Arctic Oceans, 05 bordering the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea, for a lengthyear; greater 06 than the coastlines of all other states combined;

and 0709 WHEREAS Alaska'sthe fisheriesNational generateOceanic approximatelyand $4,500,000,000Atmospheric aAdministration year;dedicates many 10 assets, such as the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Alaska Regional Office, and the research 11 vessel Fairweather, to the study of the state's weather, water, and marine life;

and 0812 WHEREAS the NationalAlaska OceanicFisheries andScience AtmosphericCenter Administrationis dedicateslocated manyin 09Seattle, assets,Washington, such13 aseven thethough Alaskaits Fisheriespublicly Sciencestated Center,mission Alaskais Regional"to Office,generate and the researchscientific 10information vesseland Fairweather,analysis to14 necessary for the studyconservation, management, and utilization of the state's[Alaska] weather,region's water,living and15 marine life;resources and the environmental quality essential for their existence";

and 1116 WHEREAS the AlaskaTed FisheriesStevens ScienceMarine CenterResearch isInstitute, locatedpart inof Seattle,the Washington,Alaska 12Fisheries even17 thoughScience itsCenter, publicly stated mission is "toheadquartered generatein theJuneau, scientificAlaska, information and analysis 13 necessary for the conservation,institute's management,Auke andBay utilizationlaboratories offacility theis [Alaska]designed region'sto livingaccommodate 14up marineto resources108 andemployees, the environmentalfacility qualitycurrently essentialhouses foronly their02 existence";approximately 60 employees;

and 15 WHEREAS the Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, part of the Alaska Fisheries 16 Science Center, is headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, and the institute's Auke Bay laboratories facility is designed to accommodate up to 108 employees, the facility currently houses only 02 approximately 60 employees;

the Honorable Timothy Gallaudet, Ph.D., Actingacting Under 18 Secretary of Commerce For Oceans and Atmosphere and National Oceanic and Atmospheric 19 Administration Administrator, USUnited States Department of Commerce;

and the Honorable Lisa 20 Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S.

Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, 21 Young, U.S.