Houston and a joint Baltimore-Washington submission were eliminated for consideration by the committee's bid evaluation task force.
The company, along with federal and provincial prosecutors, made a joint submission for fines totaling $1.4 million.
Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
Some countries have multiple submissions and joint submissions with other countries.
The two bodies share a copyright adviser, and generally make joint submissions to government.
The two groups prepared to write their papers and got ready for joint submission, which was set for Friday 24 March.
The joint submission stated that the area was already subject to overlapping claims, including by both the submitting countries.
Judge Raggi ordered the lawyers to return to court on April 22 with a "joint submission" on a new plea bargain.
In the case of joint submissions a letter will be needed confirming that methods of resourcing are available and have been agreed between the two parties.
For these reasons, Canadian judges will normally impose a sentence within the range of any joint submission.