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Hearing on concurrent resolution urges federal action to affirm Portsmouth Naval Shipyard lies in New Hampshire
Summary
Supporters of HCR 8 told the committee they want Congress or the President to confirm that Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and portions of the Piscataqua/Piscataqua River belong to New Hampshire, arguing the current arrangement leads to taxation and jurisdictional issues.
Representative Barton introduced House Concurrent Resolution 8 asking Congress to find that the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor lie within the State of New Hampshire, and urging the president to issue an executive order to list the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard duty station as Portsmouth, New Hampshire rather than Kittery, Maine.
Speaker Mark Stettner, a recently retired Portsmouth Naval Shipyard naval architect,…
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