...added). (2) 30 Stat. 1759: "The civil rights and political atatus of the natlvt Inhabitants of che territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress." -2wasta o£ federal funds, u'rloh rue United States can MK" t'-oulc1 terminate soon, even now. under...

...the territory and possessions of the United States. Article IX of the 1898 Treaty of Paris states: "The civil rights and political status of the native...United States shall be determined by the Congress." Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, HR 4765 is a significant measure which will advance the...

...Chamorro people was consistent with the Treaty of Paris, ceding Guam from Spain, which had provided that: "The civil rights and political status of the native...United , States shall be determined by the Congress." (emphasis provided) Under the Guam Commonwealth Act, with respect to the right of political status...

...Congress has the right to determine the future status of Guam. Article IX of that Treaty reads, in part: "The civil rights and political status of the native...inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United SCat.* shall be determined by the Congress." 30 Stat. 1734, 1739 (1898). A* to the Charter of the United...

...Rico' s status as a territory. White reasoned that the provisions of the Treaty of Paris that allowed "The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded territories to be determined by Congress," negated any intention to incorporate the acquired...

...Rico were specified in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, Article IX, which says, "the civil rights and the political status of the native inhabitants of the...United States shall be determined by the Congress." The Constitution and the Treaty of Paris leave no doubt that the Congress is responsible for any change...

...island chain to Germany. It is instructive to note that the Treaty of Paris contained the provision, "The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." Germany subsequently lost the Northern Marianas to Japan which obtained the islands as a...

...relating to Guam arise from the Treaty of Paris, in which the US agreed that "(the) civil status of native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." Exercising its discretion under the Territorial Clause, the Congress has passed numerous...

...conformity with law, belong to the public domain, and as such belong to the Crown of Spain. Article IX. The civil rights and political status of the native...territories hereby ceded to the United States shall he determined by the Congress. At no time in the transfer of sovereignty did American or Spanish officials...

...shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which the may reside. The civil rights and political status...United States shall be determined by the Congress. " | 2. FIRST ORGANIC ACT OF PUERTO RICO - 1900 - 1917 (Exhibit B) ~ The United States said this act...