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 PUBLIC LAW 106-101—NOV. 12, 1999 113 STAT. 1333 Public Law 106-101 106th Congress Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT. The Congress consents to the Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact entered into between the States of Missouri and Nebraska. The compact reads substantially as follows: "MISSOURI-NEBRASKA BOUNDARY COMPACT "ARTICLE I "FINDINGS AND PURPOSES "(a) The states of Missouri and Nebraska find that there are actual and potential disputes, controversies, criminal proceedings and litigation arising or which may arise out of the location of the boundary line between the states of Missouri and Nebraska; that the Missouri River constituting the boundary between the states has changed its course from time to time, and that the United States Army Corps of Engineers has established a main channel of such river for navigation and other purposes, which main channel is identified on maps jointly certified by the state surveyors of Missouri and Nebraska and identified as the 'Missouri- Nebraska Boundary Maps', which maps are incorporated in this act and made part of this act by reference, and which maps shall be filed with the secretaries of state of Missouri and Nebraska. "(b) It is the principal purpose of the states of Missouri and Nebraska in executing the compact to establish an identifiable compromise boundary between the state of Missouri and the state of Nebraska for the entire distance thereof as of the effective date of the compact without interfering with or otherwise affecting private rights or titles to property, and the states of Nebraska and Missouri declare that further compelling purposes of the compact are— "(1) to create a friendly and harmonious interstate relationship; "(2) to avoid multiple exercise of sovereignty and jurisdiction including matters of taxation, judicial and police powers and exercise of administrative authority; "(3) to encourage settlement and disposition of pending litigation and criminal proceedings and avoid or minimize fiiture disputes and litigation; "(4) to promote economic and political stability; Nov. 12, 1999 [H.J. Res. 54]

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