A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 30, 1998

Prohibits temporarily the Secretaries of Agriculture or the Interior from issuing or implementing any rules or regulations asserting jurisdiction or management (of fish or game resources) pursuant to title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act over the navigable waters transferred to Alaska pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 or the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959.

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Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R–AK

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Jul 31, 1998
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
Jul 30, 1998
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jul 30, 1998
Introduced in Senate

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Discuss S.2393, 105th Congress: A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2393

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 1998-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/105/bills/s2393/BILLS-105s2393pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2023-01-17T15:58:53Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Analyze S.2393 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss S.2393, 105th Congress: A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2393

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 1998-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/105/bills/s2393/BILLS-105s2393pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2023-01-17T15:58:53Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.2393 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.

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Discuss S.2393, 105th Congress: A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2393

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 1998-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/105/bills/s2393/BILLS-105s2393pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2023-01-17T15:58:53Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.2393, 105th Congress: A bill to protect the sovereign right of the State of Alaska and prevent the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from assuming management of Alaska's fish and game resources.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2393

Text version to examine: Placed on Calendar Senate · 1998-07-31.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/105/bills/s2393/BILLS-105s2393pcs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2023-01-17T15:58:53Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.2393 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.