Bill > HJR18

This Joint Resolution expresses the strong support of the Alaska State Legislature for a long-envisioned natural gas pipeline project designed to transport gas from Alaska's North Slope to global and domestic markets, while also providing local communities with reliable and cost-effective energy for heating and cooking. In the context of decades of environmental reviews and the state's vast energy resources, the resolution formally calls on key federal officials and agencies—including the President, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of natural gas), and Alaska's congressional delegation—to expedite permits, coordinate agency reviews, and secure federal funding for the infrastructure. Furthermore, the measure highlights the geopolitical importance of establishing a liquefied natural gas (LNG), or natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid state for easier and safer transport, export facility on the Pacific Coast that can supply secure energy to American allies without relying on adversarial nations or navigating congested shipping canals.