The House advanced a resolution Thursday demanded by lawmakers fearful about covert infiltration of U.S. environmental policy by socialist ideals espoused by the United Nations.

Rep. Dennis Hedke, R-Wichita, led the charge to gain House condemnation of the UN's Agenda 21, a comprehensive blueprint on sustainable development created in 1992.

"What the resolution attempts to do is to inform policymakers as to the aggressive environmental extremism, social engineering and global political control that is the intent of UN Agenda 21," Hedke said. "Indoctrination is connected to an intense socialistic philosophy."

Hedke, a geophysicist in the oil and gas industry, said in a 15-minute floor speech the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy were "deeply engaged" in implementing aspects of Agenda 21 designed to harm the United States.

Rep. Benny Boman, a Wichita Republican, said evidence also could be found in Democratic candidate Barack Obama's statement -- unverified, as of Thursday -- that if elected president in 2008, Obama would advance a "green" agenda triggering a "90 percent" hike in domestic electric rates.

House Resolution 6032 received broad support in the Republican-led House, but wasn't viewed favorably by a bipartisan smattering of lawmakers. It may never surface in the Senate.

Rep. Judy Loganbill, D-Wichita, reminded her colleagues the House Energy and Utilities Committees tabled the resolution. The measure should have never been brought to the full House given the long list of bills awaiting action in the 2012 session scheduled to end Friday, she said.

"We need to be spending time on issues that effect every single Kansan," she said. "We still have tax, budget, redistricting, schools, KPERS. The list goes on and on."

Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, said he had read about 350 pages of the Agenda 21 document and found portions to support and oppose. A central feature of the report would broaden opportunities for free trade and promote economic growth, he said.

Sloan said people ringing the alarm bell on Agenda 21 were "trying to scare the American people into believing there is a conspiracy and somehow there is a cabal that is guiding the politics and policies of every town in the country."

The resolution made it to the House because it was diverted to the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, which passed a version striking references to communism and socialism. The weakened edition of the resolution didn't diminish enthusiasm of Rep. Charlotte O'Hara, R-Overland Park.

"It has so infiltrated our country," she told representatives. "You need to go out on the internet and educate yourself."

Rep. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona, said radical features of Agenda 21 covertly influenced government policy and law on eminent domain, rails to trails programs and conservation easements.

"I found it to be anti-national sovereignty, anti-private property, anti-individual freedom. It pro-global government. It's pro-wealth redistribution," Knox said.

Some lawmakers mistakenly equate the United Nations measure to rumors of black helicopters buzzing overhead, said Rep. Greg Smith, R-Overland Park.

"I realize when people hear Agenda 21, if you're not familiar with it, a lot of you think it's 'Twilight Zone,'" he said. "But this is serious."

Rep. Mike Slattery, D-Mission, was unconvinced.

He said those sponsoring the resolution were wasting state government resources.

"Stupid is as stupid does," Slattery said.