HJ0001

A joint resolution requesting Congress to amend Wyoming's Act of Admission to replace references to 'interest' and 'income' with 'earnings' for the common school fund.

• Requests Wyoming's congressional delegation to introduce and Congress to enact legislation amending Wyoming's Act of Admission by striking references to 'interest' in sections 5 and 7 and replacing them with 'earnings', and striking 'income' in section 8 and replacing it with 'earnings'. (Sec. 1)
• Proposes specific amended language for section 5 of the Act of Admission to allow earnings from the permanent school fund (derived from public land sales) to be expended for school support, while permitting leases of granted lands for mineral, grazing, agricultural, or other purposes with specified lease term limits. (Sec. 2, Section 5)
• Proposes specific amended language for section 7 of the Act of Admission to allow earnings from five percent of federal public land sales proceeds to be expended for common school support. (Sec. 2, Section 7)
• Proposes specific amended language for section 8 of the Act of Admission to allow earnings from university lands granted to Wyoming to be used exclusively for university purposes, with provisions protecting educational institutions from sectarian or denominational use of land sale proceeds. (Sec. 2, Section 8)
• Directs the Wyoming Secretary of State to transmit copies of the resolution to the President of the United States, congressional leadership, the governor, state treasurer, and Wyoming's congressional delegation. (Sec. 3)

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