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Committee adopts substitute and urges federal action on NPRA revenue sharing
Summary
The Senate Resources Committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 19 urging Congress to restore a larger share of federal oil and gas revenues to Alaska for development on federal lands in the National Petroleum Reserve'Alaska and to consider broader revenue sharing consistent with the statehood and mineral leasing acts.
The Alaska Senate Resources Committee on April 23 adopted a committee substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 19 urging Congress to revisit federal revenue-sharing for development on the National Petroleum Reserve'Alaska (NPRA) and related federal lands.
Laura Ashey, staff to Senator Jesse Bjorkman, told the committee the resolution "urge[s] Congress to reverse its decision to only allow Alaska to receive 50% of the revenues from development of oil and gas resources in Anwar," and also asks Congress to consider allowing Alaska to receive a larger share of revenues for production in the NPRA. Ashey said the resolution cites promises made to Alaska in the Statehood Act and the Mineral Leasing Act and notes that, in practice, federal revenue allocations for some fields have been concentrated to specific regions and programs rather than the state's general fund.
Committee staff described one limited textual change in the committee substitute: removal of any reference to the federal administration and an explicit reiteration of the legislature's appreciation "for the approval and development of the Willow Project and other projects within the NPRA." After discussion, Vice Chair Wilkowsky moved to report the committee substitute out of committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes; the committee accepted the motion without objection. The committee record notes the resolution carries a zero fiscal note.
The resolution urges federal action; it does not itself change federal law. The committee adopted the substitute and forwarded SJR 19 to the full Senate for consideration.
