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1		-	ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
2		-	JOINT RESOLUTION. HJ0001
3		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1,
4		-	REPRESENTATIVES
5		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
6		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
	1	+	2025
	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
	3	+	25LSO-01271
	4	+	HJ0001
	5	+	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. HJ0001
	6	+	Amending Wyoming's act of admission for earnings.
	7	+	Sponsored by: Select Committee on Capital Financing &
	8	+	Investments
	9	+	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	10	+	for
	11	+	1 A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to introduce a bill
	12	+	2 and enact law to amend Wyoming's act of admission to authorize
	13	+	3 the expenditure of earnings for the support of the common
	14	+	4 schools in Wyoming.
	15	+	5
	16	+	6 WHEREAS, on July 10, 1890, the United States Congress enacted
	17	+	7 the Act of Admission that admitted Wyoming as a state in the
	18	+	8 United States of America; and
	19	+	9
	20	+	10 WHEREAS, the Act of Admission granted the state of Wyoming
	21	+	11 two (2) sections of land in every township for the support of
	22	+	12 common schools; and
	23	+	13
	24	+	14 WHEREAS, the Act of Admission specified that any proceeds
	25	+	15 from the disposition of granted school lands were to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01272
	26	+	HJ0001
	27	+	1 constitute a permanent school fund, "the interest of which
	28	+	2 only shall be expended in the support of said schools"; and
	29	+	3
	30	+	4 WHEREAS, the Act of Admission specified that a percentage of
	31	+	5 the proceeds of the sales of federal public lands in Wyoming
	32	+	6 were to constitute a permanent fund, "the interest of which
	33	+	7 only shall be expended for the support of the common schools"
	34	+	8 in Wyoming; and
	35	+	9
	36	+	10 WHEREAS, the Act of Admission specified that certain
	37	+	11 previously granted lands constituted a permanent fund, with
	38	+	12 the interest and income to be used for university purposes;
	39	+	13 and
	40	+	14
	41	+	15 WHEREAS, the state created the common school account within
	42	+	16 the permanent land fund in accordance with the requirements
	43	+	17 of the Act of Admission and Article 7, Section 2 of the
	44	+	18 Wyoming Constitution; and
	45	+	19
	46	+	20 WHEREAS, the common school account within the permanent land
	47	+	21 fund has grown over the years and has been invested to where
	48	+	22 the current value of the fund exceeds four billion dollars
	49	+	23 ($4,000,000,000.00); and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01273
	50	+	HJ0001
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8		-	A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to introduce a bill
9		-	and enact law to amend Wyoming's act of admission to authorize
10		-	the expenditure of earnings for the support of the common
11		-	schools in Wyoming.
12		-	WHEREAS, on July 10, 1890, the United States Congress enacted
13		-	the Act of Admission that admitted Wyoming as a state in the
14		-	United States of America; and
15		-	WHEREAS, the Act of Admission granted the state of Wyoming
16		-	two (2) sections of land in every township for the support of
17		-	common schools; and
18		-	WHEREAS, the Act of Admission specified that any proceeds
19		-	from the disposition of granted school lands were to
20		-	constitute a permanent school fund, "the interest of which
21		-	only shall be expended in the support of said schools"; and
22		-	WHEREAS, the Act of Admission specified that a percentage of
23		-	the proceeds of the sales of federal public lands in Wyoming
24		-	were to constitute a permanent fund, "the interest of which
25		-	only shall be expended for the support of the common schools"
26		-	in Wyoming; and
27		-	WHEREAS, the Act of Admission specified that certain
28		-	previously granted lands constituted a permanent fund, with
29		-	the interest and income to be used for university purposes;
30		-	and
31		-	WHEREAS, the state created the common school account within
32		-	the permanent land fund in accordance with the requirements
33		-	of the Act of Admission and Article 7, Section 2 of the
34		-	Wyoming Constitution; and ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
35		-	JOINT RESOLUTION. HJ0001
36		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1,
37		-	REPRESENTATIVES
38		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
39		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
	52	+	2 WHEREAS, the investment of the funds in the common school
	53	+	3 account generates earnings and capital gains that are in
	54	+	4 addition to interest and income generated from the funds; and
	55	+	5
	56	+	6 WHEREAS, an amendment to Wyoming's Act of Admission that would
	57	+	7 replace references to "interest" and "income" with references
	58	+	8 to "earnings" will better reflect the reality of how the
	59	+	9 common school account is invested and will allow the earnings
	60	+	10 that are generated from the investment of the permanent funds
	61	+	11 of the common school account to be better and more efficiently
	62	+	12 applied for the benefit of Wyoming's public schools.
	63	+	13
	64	+	14
	65	+	15
	66	+	16
	67	+	17 That the Wyoming Legislature requests that
	68	+	18 members of Wyoming's congressional delegation introduce, and
	69	+	19 that Congress enact, legislation that will amend Wyoming's
	70	+	20 Act of Admission to strike references to "interest" in
	71	+	21 sections 5 and 7 of the Act of Admission and to insert
	72	+	22 references to "earnings" and to strike the reference to
	73	+	23 "income" in section 8 and insert a reference to "earnings." 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01274
	74	+	HJ0001
	75	+	1
	76	+	2That members of Wyoming's congressional
	77	+	3 delegation and Congress consider introducing legislation that
	78	+	4 makes the following changes to sections 5, 7 and 8 of the Act
	79	+	5 of Admission as follows:
	80	+	6
	81	+	7
	82	+	8
	83	+	9 All lands herein granted for educational purposes
	84	+	10 shall be disposed of only at public sale, the
	85	+	11 proceeds to constitute a permanent school fund, the
	86	+	12 of which only shall be expended
	87	+	13 in the support of said schools. But said lands may,
	88	+	14 under such regulations as the legislature shall
	89	+	15 prescribe, be leased for mineral, grazing,
	90	+	16 agricultural, or other purposes, provided that the
	91	+	17 term of agricultural and grazing leases shall not
	92	+	18 exceed 10 years; and such land shall not be subject
	93	+	19 to preemption, homestead entry, or any other entry
	94	+	20 under the land laws of the United States, whether
	95	+	21 surveyed or unsurveyed, but shall be reserved for
	96	+	22 school purposes only.
	97	+	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01275
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41		-	WHEREAS, the common school account within the permanent land
42		-	fund has grown over the years and has been invested to where
43		-	the current value of the fund exceeds five billion six hundred
44		-	million dollars ($5,600,000,000.00); and
45		-	WHEREAS, the investment of the funds in the common school
46		-	account generates earnings and capital gains that are in
47		-	addition to interest and income generated from the funds; and
48		-	WHEREAS, an amendment to Wyoming's Act of Admission that would
49		-	replace references to "interest" and "income" with references
50		-	to "earnings" will better reflect the reality of how the
51		-	common school account is invested and will allow the earnings
52		-	that are generated from the investment of the permanent funds
53		-	of the common school account to be better and more efficiently
54		-	applied for the benefit of Wyoming's public schools.
55		-	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
56		-	LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING:
57		-	Section 1. That the Wyoming Legislature requests that
58		-	members of Wyoming's congressional delegation introduce, and
59		-	that Congress enact, legislation that will amend Wyoming's
60		-	Act of Admission to strike references to "interest" in
61		-	sections 5 and 7 of the Act of Admission and to insert
62		-	references to "earnings" and to strike the reference to
63		-	"income" in section 8 and insert a reference to "earnings."
64		-	Section 2. That members of Wyoming's congressional
65		-	delegation and Congress consider introducing legislation that
66		-	makes the following changes to sections 5, 7 and 8 of the Act
67		-	of Admission as follows:
68		-	Section 5. ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
69		-	JOINT RESOLUTION. HJ0001
70		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1,
71		-	REPRESENTATIVES
72		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
73		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
74		-	3
75		-	All lands herein granted for educational purposes
76		-	shall be disposed of only at public sale, the
77		-	proceeds to constitute a permanent school fund, the
78		-	interest of which only shall be expended
79		-	in the support of said schools. But said lands may,
80		-	under such regulations as the legislature shall
81		-	prescribe, be leased for mineral, grazing,
82		-	agricultural, or other purposes, provided that the
83		-	term of agricultural and grazing leases shall not
84		-	exceed 10 years; and such land shall not be subject
85		-	to preemption, homestead entry, or any other entry
86		-	under the land laws of the United States, whether
87		-	surveyed or unsurveyed, but shall be reserved for
88		-	school purposes only.
89		-	Section 7.
90		-	Five per cent of the proceeds of the sales of public
91		-	lands lying within said state which shall be sold
92		-	by the United States subsequent to the admission of
93		-	said state into the union, after deducting all the
94		-	expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the
95		-	said state, to be used as a permanent fund, the
96		-	interest of which only shall be expended
97		-	for the support of the common schools within said
98		-	state.
99		-	Section 8.
100		-	The lands granted to the Territory of Wyoming by
101		-	the act of February 18, 1881, entitled "An act to
102		-	grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho and
103		-	Wyoming, for university purposes," are hereby ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
104		-	JOINT RESOLUTION. HJ0001
105		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1,
106		-	REPRESENTATIVES
107		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
108		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
109		-	4vested in the State of Wyoming, to the extent of
110		-	the full quantity of 72 sections to said state, and
111		-	any portion of said lands that may not have been
112		-	selected by said Territory of Wyoming may be
113		-	selected by the said state; but said act of February
114		-	18, 1881, shall be so amended as to provide that
115		-	none of said lands shall be sold for less than $10
116		-	per acre, and the proceeds shall constitute a
117		-	permanent fund to be safely invested and held by
118		-	said state, and the
119		-	exclusively for university purposes. The schools,
120		-	colleges, and universities provided for in this act
121		-	shall forever remain under exclusive control of
122		-	said state, and no part of the proceeds arising
123		-	from the sale or disposal of any lands herein
124		-	granted for educational purposes shall be used for
125		-	the support of any sectarian or denominational
126		-	school, college, or university. The section of land
127		-	granted by the act of May 28, 1888, to the Territory
128		-	of Wyoming for a fish hatchery and other public
129		-	purposes shall, upon the admission of said State of
130		-	Wyoming into the union, become the property of said
131		-	state. ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
132		-	JOINT RESOLUTION. HJ0001
133		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1,
134		-	REPRESENTATIVES
135		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
136		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
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138		-	Section 3. That the Secretary of State of Wyoming
139		-	transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the
140		-	United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
141		-	of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress,
142		-	the governor, the state treasurer and to each member of the
143		-	Wyoming Congressional Delegation.
144		-	(END)
145		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
146		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
147		-	Chief Clerk
	101	+	3 Five per cent of the proceeds of the sales of public
	102	+	4 lands lying within said state which shall be sold
	103	+	5 by the United States subsequent to the admission of
	104	+	6 said state into the union, after deducting all the
	105	+	7 expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the
	106	+	8 said state, to be used as a permanent fund, the
	107	+	9 of which only shall be expended
	108	+	10 for the support of the common schools within said
	109	+	11 state.
	110	+	12
	111	+	13
	112	+	14
	113	+	15 The lands granted to the Territory of Wyoming by
	114	+	16 the act of February 18, 1881, entitled "An act to
	115	+	17 grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho and
	116	+	18 Wyoming, for university purposes," are hereby
	117	+	19 vested in the State of Wyoming, to the extent of
	118	+	20 the full quantity of 72 sections to said state, and
	119	+	21 any portion of said lands that may not have been
	120	+	22 selected by said Territory of Wyoming may be
	121	+	23 selected by the said state; but said act of February 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01276
	122	+	HJ0001
	123	+	1 18, 1881, shall be so amended as to provide that
	124	+	2 none of said lands shall be sold for less than $10
	125	+	3 per acre, and the proceeds shall constitute a
	126	+	4 permanent fund to be safely invested and held by
	127	+	5 said state, and the thereof be used
	128	+	6 exclusively for university purposes. The schools,
	129	+	7 colleges, and universities provided for in this act
	130	+	8 shall forever remain under exclusive control of
	131	+	9 said state, and no part of the proceeds arising
	132	+	10 from the sale or disposal of any lands herein
	133	+	11 granted for educational purposes shall be used for
	134	+	12 the support of any sectarian or denominational
	135	+	13 school, college, or university. The section of land
	136	+	14 granted by the act of May 28, 1888, to the Territory
	137	+	15 of Wyoming for a fish hatchery and other public
	138	+	16 purposes shall, upon the admission of said State of
	139	+	17 Wyoming into the union, become the property of said
	140	+	18 state. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01277
	141	+	HJ0001
	142	+	1
	143	+	2That the Secretary of State of Wyoming
	144	+	3 transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the
	145	+	4 United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
	146	+	5 of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress,
	147	+	6 the governor, the state treasurer and to each member of the
	148	+	7 Wyoming Congressional Delegation.
	149	+	8
	150	+	9 (END)