An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states of the United States of America. Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution provides that "no state shall enter into an agreement or compact with another state" without the consent of Congress. Frequently, these agreements create a new governmental agency which is responsible for administering or improving some shared resource such as a seaport or public transportation infrastructure. In some cases, a compact serves simply as a coordination mechanism between independent authorities in the member states. The lists below reflect this distinction.
[edit] Operating interstate agencies
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida)
- Bi-State Development Agency (Missouri and Illinois)
- Colorado River Compact (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and California)
- Columbia River Gorge Commission (Oregon and Washington)
- Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) [1]
- Delaware River Basin Commission (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York)
- Delaware River Port Authority (Pennsylvania and New Jersey)
- Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (Pennsylvania and New Jersey)
- Delaware River and Bay Authority (Delaware and New Jersey)
- Driver License Compact (all States except Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin)
- Education Commission of the States (all States (except Washington), three territories, and Washington, D.C.)
- Emergency Management Assistance Compact (all States, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Great Lakes Commission (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin)
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas)
- [Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision][2]
- Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia) [3]
- Northwest Power and Conservation Council Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho [www.nwcouncil.org]
- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska)
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (New Jersey and New York) [4]
- Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland)
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency [5] (California and Nevada)
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.) [6]
[edit] Non-operating interstate compacts
[edit] References
[edit] See also
