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FIRST REGULAR SESSION
                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                      RESOLUTION NO. 18
                            103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                             INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RIGGS.
    2694H.01I                                                             JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk



           WHEREAS, the Residence Act of 1790 established Washington, D.C., as the capital
 2 of the United States; and
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 4         WHEREAS, the capital of the United States should be centrally located and easily
 5 accessible to all citizens; and
 6
 7         WHEREAS, according to the 2020 census, the population center of the United States
 8 is located within the state of Missouri:
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10         NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of
11 Representatives of the One Hundred Third General Assembly, First Regular Session, the
12 Senate concurring therein, hereby urge Congress to repeal the Residence Act of 1790 and
13 designate Missouri, as the population center of the lower forty-eight states, as the next
14 national capital; and
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16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
17 Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the
18 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United
19 States Senate, and the Missouri congressional delegation.
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