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Union Calendar No. 189
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2064
[Report No. 104–376]
To grant the consent of Congress to an amendment of the Historic
Chattahoochee Compact between the States of Alabama and Georgia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 1995
Mr. EVERETT (for himself, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BROWDER, Mr.
CRAMER, and Mr. HILLIARD) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
NOVEMBER 30, 1995
Additional sponsor: Mr. BACHUS
NOVEMBER 30, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To grant the consent of Congress to an amendment of the
Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the States of
Alabama and Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO THE HISTORIC
CHATTAHOOCHEE COMPACT BETWEEN THE
STATES OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.
The consent of Congress is given to the amendment
of articles I, II, and III of the Historic Chattahoochee
Compact between the States of Alabama and Georgia,
which articles, as amended, read as follows:
‘‘ARTICLE I
‘‘The purpose of this compact is to promote the coop-
erative development of the Chattahoochee valley’s full po-
tential for historic preservation and tourism and to estab-
lish a joint interstate authority to assist in these efforts.
‘‘ARTICLE II
‘‘This compact shall become effective immediately as
to the States ratifying it whenever the States of Alabama
and Georgia have ratified it and Congress has given con-
sent thereto.
‘‘ARTICLE III
‘‘The States which are parties to this compact (here-
inafter referred to as ‘party States’) do hereby establish
and create a joint agency which shall be known as the
Historic Chattahoochee Commission (hereinafter referred
to as the ‘Commission’). The Commission shall consist of
28 members who shall be bona fide residents and qualified
voters of the party States and counties served by the Com-
mission. Election for vacant seats shall be by majority vote
of the voting members of the Commission board at a regu-
larly scheduled meeting. In Alabama, two shall be resi-
dents of Barbour County, two shall be residents of Russell
County, two shall be residents of Henry County, two shall
be residents of Chambers County, two shall be residents
of Lee County, two shall be residents of Houston County,
and two shall be residents of Dale County. In Georgia,
one shall be a resident of Troup County, one shall be a
resident of Harris County, one shall be a resident of
Muscogee County, one shall be a resident of Chattahoo-
chee County, one shall be a resident of Stewart County,
one shall be a resident of Randolph County, one shall be
a resident of Clay County, one shall be a resident of
Quitman County, one shall be a resident of Early County,
one shall be a resident of Seminole County, and one shall
be a resident of Decatur County. In addition, there shall
be three at-large members who shall be selected from any
three of the Georgia member counties listed above. The
Commission at its discretion may appoint as many advi-
sory members as it deems necessary from any Georgia or
Alabama County which is located in the Chattahoochee
Valley area. The contribution of each party State shall be
in equal amounts. If the party States fail to appropriate
equal amounts to the Commission during any given fiscal
year, voting membership on the Commission board shall
be determined as follows: The State making the larger ap-
propriation shall be entitled to full voting membership.
The total number of members from the other State shall
be divided into the amount of the larger appropriation and
the resulting quotient shall be divided into the amount of
the smaller appropriation. The then resulting quotient,
rounded to the next lowest whole number, shall be the
number of voting members from the State making the
smaller contribution. The members of the Commission
from the State making the larger contribution shall decide
which of the members from the other State shall serve as
voting members, based upon the level of tourism, preserva-
tion, promotional activity, and general support of the
Commission’s activities by and in the county of residence
of each of the members of the State making the smaller
appropriation. Such determination shall be made at the
next meeting of the Commission following September 30
of each year. Members of the Commission shall serve for
terms of office as follows: Of the 14 Alabama members,
one from each of said counties shall serve for two years
and the remaining member of each county shall serve for
four years. Upon the expiration of the original terms of
office of Alabama members, all successor Alabama mem-
bers shall be appointed for four-year terms of office, with
seven vacancies in the Alabama membership occurring
every two years. Of the 14 Georgia members, seven shall
serve four-year terms and seven two-year terms for the
initial term of this compact. The terms of the individual
Georgia voting members shall be determined by their place
in the alphabet by alternating the four- and two-year
terms beginning with Chattahoochee County, four years,
Clay County, two years, Decatur County, four years, etc.
Upon the expiration of the original terms of office of Geor-
gia members, all successor Georgia members shall be ap-
pointed for four-year terms of office, with seven vacancies
in the Georgia membership occurring every two years. Of
the three Georgia at-large board members, one shall serve
a four-year term and two shall serve two-year terms.
‘‘All board members shall serve until their successors
are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by
the voting members of the Commission. The first chair-
man of the commission created by this compact shall be
elected by the board of directors from among its voting
membership. Annually thereafter, each succeeding chair-
man shall be selected by the members of the Commission.
The chairmanship shall rotate each year among the party
States in order of their acceptance of this compact. Mem-
bers of the Commission shall serve without compensation
but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses
incurred in the performance of the duties of the
Commission.’’.