Bill > HJR20

This Joint Resolution is a formal statement by the Alaska State Legislature—which notes that Alaska has the highest percentage of veterans in the nation alongside a massive upcoming influx of federal military construction funding—urging the United States Congress to pass laws creating specific hiring targets for domestic Department of Defense (the federal executive department responsible for the U.S. Armed Forces) construction projects. Specifically, the measure asks Congress to require companies bidding on these defense projects to ensure that a certain percentage of their overall workforce consists of individuals enrolled in qualified apprenticeship programs (structured training programs that combine paid on-the-job learning with classroom instruction) or postsecondary education programs. Furthermore, the resolution encourages Congress to mandate that companies employing these learners ensure that at least ten percent of those apprentices or students are military veterans, thereby helping former service members overcome post-military transition and employment challenges, and directs that copies of this resolution be sent to the President, congressional leaders, and Alaska’s federal lawmakers.