Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the Congress to relinquish claims of the United States to the portion of the State of Minnesota that lies north of the 49th parallel.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 18, 1998
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution limits any act of the Congress to relinquish U.S. claims to the portion of the State of Minnesota that lies north of the 49th parallel if: (1) before such relinquishment, the registered voters residing in such area, by at least a two-thirds majority, vote in favor of full incorporation into Canada; and (2) such portion is so incorporated and such residents are granted permanent dual citizenship of the United States and Canada.
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