IA
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 50
Granting the consent of Congress to the Chickasaw Trail Economic
Development Compact.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1999
Mr. BRYANT (for himself and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following joint
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Granting the consent of Congress to the Chickasaw Trail
Economic Development Compact.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSENT TO THE CHICKASAW TRAIL ECO-
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPACT.
The Congress consents to the Chickasaw Trail Eco-
nomic Development Compact entered into by the State of
Tennessee and the State of Mississippi. The compact is
substantially as follows:
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‘‘CHICKASAW TRAIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMPACT
‘‘ARTICLE I. The purpose of this compact is to pro-
mote the development of an undeveloped rural area of
Marshall County, Mississippi, and Fayette County, Ten-
nessee (hereinafter referred to as ‘Chickasaw Trail Eco-
nomic Development Area’), and to create a development
authority which incorporates public and private partner-
ships to facilitate the economic growth of such areas by
providing developed sites for the location and construction
of manufacturing plants, distribution facilities, research
facilities, regional and national offices with supportive
services and facilities, and to establish a joint interstate
authority to assist in these efforts.
‘‘ARTICLE II. This compact shall become effective im-
mediately whenever the states of Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi have ratified it and Congress has given consent
thereto.
‘‘ARTICLE III. The states which are parties to this
compact (hereinafter referred to as ‘party states’) do here-
by establish and create a joint agency which shall be
known as the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Au-
thority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘authority’). It shall
be the duty of the authority in general to promote, encour-
age and coordinate the efforts of the party states to secure
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the development of the Chickasaw Trail Economic Devel-
opment Area. Toward this end, the authority shall have
power to hold hearings; to conduct studies and surveys of
all problems, benefits and any other matter associated
with the development of the Chickasaw Trail Economic
Development Area, and to make reports thereon; to ac-
quire, by gift or otherwise, and hold and dispose of such
money and property as may be provided for the proper
performance of their function; to cooperate with other
public or private groups, whether local, state, regional or
national, having an interest in economic development; to
formulate and execute plans and policies for emphasizing
the purpose of this compact before the Congress of the
United States and other appropriate officers and agencies
of the United States and of the states of Mississippi and
Tennessee; and to exercise such other powers as may be
appropriate to enable it to accomplish its functions and
duties in connection with the development of the Chicka-
saw Trail Economic Development Area and to carry out
the purposes of this compact.
‘‘ARTICLE IV. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used in this
chapter, the following words and terms shall have the fol-
lowing respective meanings unless a different meaning
clearly appears from the context: