Urges the federal government to return certain lands to western states where such lands are located

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 33

Unofficial

Whereas, under Article IV, Section 3, of the United States Constitution, "The Congress shall have

power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property

belonging to the United States"; and

Whereas, the Constitutional Convention intended this provision of the Constitution to maintain the

status quo that had been established to transfer federal territorial lands only to create new states with the

same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the original states; and

Whereas, under these express terms of trust, over time the states claiming federal territorial land