IA
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 95
Granting the consent of Congress to the Chickasaw Trail Economic
Development Compact.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 1997
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
The Congress consents to the Chickasaw Trail Economic
Development Compact entered into by the State of Ten-
nessee and the State of Mississippi. The compact is sub-
stantially as follows:
CHICKASAW TRAIL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMPACT
Article I. The purpose of this compact is to pro-
mote the development of an undeveloped rural area of
• HJ 95 IH
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
hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be
known as the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Au-
thority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’). The
membership of the Authority shall consist of an appointee
of the Governor of each party state, each state’s chief eco-
nomic development official or his/her representative, ap-
pointee of each of the member counties board of super-
visors/county legislative body, selected from nominees from
the county’s industrial development board, and an ap-
• HJ 95 IH
pointee of the property owners’ group. The appointive
members of the authority shall serve for terms of four (4)
years. Vacancies on the Authority shall be filled by ap-
pointment by the Governor or the appropriate appointing
authority for the unexpired part of the term. The members
of the Authority shall serve without compensation or reim-
bursement of expenses. The members of the Authority
shall hold regular quarterly meetings and such special
meetings as its business may require. They shall choose
annually a chairman and vice-chairman from among their
members, and the chairmanship shall rotate each year be-
tween the party states. The secretary of the Authority
(hereinafter provided for) shall notify each member in
writing of all meetings of the Authority in such a manner
and under such rules and regulations as the Authority
may prescribe. The Authority shall adopt rules and regula-
tions for the transaction of its business; and the secretary
shall keep a record of all its business, and shall furnish
a copy thereof to each member of the Authority. It shall
be the duty of the Authority in general, to promote, en-
courage and coordinate the efforts of the party states to
secure the development of the Chickasaw Trail Economic
Development Authority. Toward this end, the authority
shall have power to hold hearings; to conduct studies and
surveys of all problems, benefits and other matters associ-
• HJ 95 IH
ated with the development of the Chickasaw Trail Eco-
nomic Development Area and to make reports thereon; to
acquire, by gift or otherwise, and hold and dispose of such
money and property as may be provided for the proper
performance of their functions; 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 the respective states; and the
exercise of such other powers as may be appropriate to
enable it to accomplish its functions and duties in connec-
tion with the development of the Chickasaw Trail Eco-
nomic Development Area and to carry out the purposes
of this compact.
Article IV. The Authority shall appoint a secretary,
who shall be a person familiar with the nature, procedures
and significance of economic development and the infor-
mational, educational and publicity methods of stimulating
general interest in such developments, and who shall be
the compact administrator. His/her term of office shall be
at the pleasure of the Authority. He/she shall maintain
custody of the Authority’s books, records and papers,
which he/she shall keep at the office of the Authority, and