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.
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)
- 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)
- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska)
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (New Jersey and New York)
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.)
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency [1] (California and Nevada)
Non-operating interstate compacts
See also
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