After the termination of the emergency or disaster, the party State of which the evacuees are residents shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support or repatriation of the evacuees. This compact shall be available to any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. The committee established pursuant to Article 1 of this compact may request the Civil Defense Agency of the United States Government to act as an informational and coordinating body under this compact, and representatives of that agency of the United States Government may attend meetings of the committee. This compact shall become operative immediately upon its ratification by any of the States and Territories enumerated in Article 10 of this compact as between it and the State of Utah and any other of the States or Territories ratifying it and shall be subject to approval by Congress unless prior Congressional approval has been given. Duly authenticated copies of this compact and of any supplementary agreements entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party States and with the Civil Defense Agency and other appropriate agencies of the United States Government.
State takes action to withdraw from it.
Any action to withdraw shall not be effective until 30 days after notice of the action has been sent by the Governor of the party State desiring to withdraw to the Governors of all other party States. This compact shall be construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article 1. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected. Except as expressly limited by this compact or a supplementary agreement, any aid authorized by this compact or a supplementary agreement may be furnished by any agency of a party State, a political subdivision of the State, or by a joint agency of any two or more party States or of their subdivisions. Any joint agency providing aid shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent and in the same manner as a state.