Senate Resolution 2 (SR 2) Summary

• Alaska Senate expresses support for federal legislation S. 2707 to establish a United States Department of Defense regional center for security studies in Alaska

• The proposed regional center would be named the "Ted Stevens Arctic Center for Security Studies"

• Resolution cites the 2019 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks as recognition of the Arctic's strategic significance to U.S. military interests

• Alaska is identified as the only Arctic state in the United States and the sole reason the U.S. qualifies as an Arctic nation

• Copies of the resolution shall be sent to the President, Secretary of Defense, and Alaska's congressional delegation including Senators Murkowski and Sullivan and Representative Don Young