Joint resolution consenting to an extension and renewal of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas
PL 90-185 (S.J.Res.35), enacted 12/11/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-184-DEC. 10, 1967 
Public Law 90-184 
[81 STAT. 
December 10, 1967 
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A C T 
[H. R. 4920] 
rJ^^y aiueiid the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize longer term leases of Indian 
lands on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. 
Indians. 
Long-term 
leases. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
sentence of section 1 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as 
amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is hereby further amended by inserting the 
\yords "the San Carlos Apache Reservation," after the words "the Fort 
Mojave Reservation,". 
Approved December 10, 1967, 
December 11, 1967 
[S. J. Res. 35] 
Interstate oil 
and gas compact. 
Extension and 
renewal. 
49 Stat. 939. 
77 Stat. 145. 
Public Law 90-185 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Consenting to an extension and renewal of the interstate compact to conserve 
oil and gas. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress 
is hereby given to an extension and renewal for a period of two years 
from September 1, li967, to September 1,1969, of the interstate compact 
to conserve oil and gas, which was signed in the city of Dallas, Texas, 
the 16th day of February, 1935, by the representatives of Oklahoma, 
Texas, California, and New" Mexico, and at the same time and place 
was signed by the representatives, as a recommendation for approval 
to the Governors and Legislatures of the States of Arkansas, Colorado, 
Illinois, Kansas, and Michigan, and which prior to August 27, 1935, 
was presented to and approved by the Legislatures and Governors of 
the States of New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado, and 
Texas, and which so approved by the six States last above-named was 
deposited in the Department of State of the United States, and there-
after was consented to by the Congress in Public Resolution Numbered 
64, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved August 27, 1935, for a period 
of two years, and thereafter was extended by the representatives of 
the compacting States and consented to by the Congress for successive 
periods, without interruption, the last extension being for the period 
from September 1,1963, to September 1,1967, consented to by Congress 
by Public Law Numbered 88-115, Eighty-eighth Congress, approved 
September 6, 1963. The agreement to extend and renew said compact 
for a period of four years from September 1, 1967, to September 1, 
1971, duly executed by representatives of the States of Alabama, 
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kan-
sas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, 
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla-
homa. Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West 
Virginia, and Wyoming, has been deposited in the Department of 
State of the United States, and reads as follows: 
" A N AGREEMENT To EXTEND THE INTERSTATE COMPACT TO CONSERVE 
OIL AND GAS 
"Whereas, on the 16th day of February, 1935, in the City of Dallas, 
Texas, there was executed 'An Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil 
and Gas' which was thereafter formally ratified and approved by the 
States of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, Colorado, and 
Kansas, the original of which is now on deposit with the Department 
of State of the United States, a true copy of which follows: 
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" ' A x 
IXTERSTATE CoMPACT T o CoNSEKVE OiL AXD G A S 
" 'ARTICLE I 
" 'This agreement may become effective within any compacting state 
at any time as prescribed by tliat state, and shall become effective 
within those states ratifying it whenever any three of the States of 
Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, and New Mexico have ratified 
and Congress has given its consent. Any oil-producing state may 
become a party hereto as hereinafter provided. 
" 'ARTICLE 
II 
" 'The purpose of this compact is to conserve oil and gas by the 
}n-evention of physical waste thereof from any cause. 
" 'ARTICLE i n 
" 'Each state bound hereby agrees that within a reasonable time it 
will enact laws, or if the laws have been enacted, then it agrees to 
continue the same in force, to accomplish within reasonable limits the 
prevention of: 
" '(a) The operation of any oil well with an inefficient gas-oil ratio. 
" ' (b) The drowning with water of any stratum capable of produc-
ing oil or gas, or both oil and gas, in paying quantities. 
" '(c) The avoidable escape into the open air or the w^asteful burn-
ing of gas from a natural gas well. 
' " ( d ) The creation of unnecessary fire hazards. 
'"(e) The drilling, equipping, locating, spacing or operating of a 
well or wells so as to bring about physical waste of oil or gas or loss 
in the ultimate recovery thereof. 
"'(f) The inefficient, excessive or improper use of the reservoir 
energy in producing any well. 
" 'The enumeration of the foregoing subjects shall not limit the 
scope of the authority of any state. 
" 'ARTICLE IV 
" 'Each state bound hereby agrees that it will, within a reasonable 
time, enact statutes, or if such statutes have been enacted then that it 
will continue the same in force, providing in effect that oil produced 
in violation of its valid oil and/or gas conservation statutes or any 
valid rule, order or regulation promulgated thereunder, shall be denied 
access to commerce; and providing for stringent penalties for the 
waste of either oil or gas. 
" 'ARTICLE V 
" 'It is not the purpose of this compact to authorize the states joining 
herein to limit the production of oil or gas for the purpose of stabilizing 
or fixing the price thereof, or create or perpetuate monopoly, or to 
promote regimentation, but is limited to the purpose of conserving oil 
and gas and preventing the avoidable waste thereof within reasonable 
limitations. 
" 'ARTICLE VI 
" 'Each State joining herein shall appoint one representative to a 
commission hereby constituted and designated as "The Interstate 
Oil Compact Commission", the duty of which said commission shall 
be to make inquiry and ascertain from time to time such methods, 
[practices, circumstances, and conditions as may be disclosed for bring-
ing about conservation and the prevention of phj^sical waste of oil and 
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gas, and at such intervals as said commission deems beneficial it shall 
report its findings and recommendations to the several States for 
adoption or rejection. 
" 'The Commission shall have power to recommend the coordination 
of the exercise of the police powers of the several states within their 
several jurisdictions to promote the maximum ultimate recovery from 
the petroleum reserves of said states, and to recommend measures for 
the maximum ultimate recovery of oil and gas. Said Commission shall 
organize and adopt suitable rules and regulations for the conduct of its 
business. 
"'No action shall be taken by the Commission except: (1) by the 
affirmative votes of the majority of the whole number of the compact-
ing States represented at any meeting, and (2) by a concurring vote 
of a majority in interest of the compacting States at said meeting, such 
interest to be determined as follows: such vote of each State shall be in 
the decimal proportion fixed by the ratio of its daily average produc-
tion during the preceding calendar half-year to the daily average pro-
duction of the compacting States during said period. 
" 'ARTICLE VII 
" 'No State by joining herein shall become financially obligated to 
any other State, nor shall the breach of the terms hereof by any State 
subject such State to financial responsibility to the other States joining 
herein. 
" 'ARTICLE VIII 
" 'This compact shall expire September 1,1937. But any State join-
ing herein may, upon sixty (60) days notice, withdraw herefrom. 
" 'The representatives of the signatory States have signed this agree-
ment in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of 
the Department of State of the United States, and a duly certified 
copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory 
states. 
" 'This compact shall become effective when ratified and approved as 
provided in Article I. Any oil-producing State may become a party 
hereto by affixing its signature to a counterpart to be similarly 
deposited, certified, and ratified.' 
"Whereas, the said Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas has 
heretofore been duly renewed and extended with the consent of the 
Congress to September 1,1967; and 
"Whereas, it is desired to renew and extend the said Interstate Com-
pact to Conserve Oil and Gas for a period of four (4) years from 
September 1,1967, to September 1,1971: 
"Now, therefore, this writing witnesseth: 
"It is hereby agreed that the Compact entitled 'An Interstate Com-
pact To Conserve Oil and Gas' executed in the City of Dallas, Texas, 
on the 16th day of February, 1935, and now on deposit with the 
Department of State of the IJnited States, a correct copy of which 
appears above, be, and the same hereby is, extended for a period of 
four (4) years from September 1, 1967, its present date of expiration, 
to September 1, 1971. This agreement shall become effective when 
executed, ratified, and approved as provided in Article I of the original 
Compact. 
"The signatory States have executed this agreement in a single orig-
inal which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State 
of the United States and a duly certified copy thereof shall be for-
warded to the Governor of each of the signatory States. Any oil-
producing state may become a party hereto by executing a counterpart 
of this agreement to be similarly deposited, certified, and ratified. 
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"Executed by the several undersigned states, at their several state 
capitols, through their proper officials on the dates as shown, as duly 
authorized by statutes and resohitions, subject to the limitations and 
qualifications of the acts of the respective State Legislatures. 
"THE STATE OF ALABAMA 
"By GEORGE C. WALLACE, Governor 
"Dated: Aug. 11,1966 
"Attest: MRS. AGNES BAGGETT, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ALASKA 
"By WILLLOi A. EGAN, Governor 
"Dated .-July 13,1966 
"Attest: HUGH J. WADE, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ARIZONA 
"By SAMUEL P. GODDARD, Governor 
"Dated: March 8,1966 
"Attest: WESLEY BOLIN, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ARKANSAS 
"By ORVAL E. FAUBUS, Governor 
"Dated: May 3,1966 
"Attest: KELLY BRYANT, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF COLORADO 
"By JOHN A. LOVE, Governor 
"Dated: January 13,1966 
"Attest: BYRON A. ANDERSON, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
"By HAYDON BURNS, Governor 
"Dated: June 28,1966 
"Attest: TOM ADAMS, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 
"By OTTO KERNER, Governor 
"Dated: January 24,1966 
"Attest: PAUL POWELL, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF INDIANA 
"By ROGER D. BRANIGIN, Governor 
"Dated: May 31,1966 
"Attest: JOHN D. BOTTORFF, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
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"THE STATE OF KANSAS 
«By WM. H. AVERY, Governor 
"Dated: December 1,1965 
"Attest: PAUL R. SHANAHAN, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 
"By EDWARD T. BREATHITT, Governor 
"Dated: 6-6-66 
"Attest: THELMA L. STOVALL, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 
"By JOHN J. McKEITHEN, Governor 
"Dated: November 22,1965 
"Attest: WADE O. MARTIN, Jr., Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MARYLAND 
"By J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 
"Dated: October 10,1966 
"Attest: LLOYD L. SIMPKINS, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MICHIGAN 
"By GEORGE ROMNE 
Y, Governor 
"Dated: 5/19/66 
"Attest: JAMES M. HARE, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
"By PAUL B. JOHNSON, Governor 
"Dated: April 27 1966 
"Attest: HEBER LADNER, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MONTANA 
"By TIM BABCOCK, Governor 
"Dated: Feb. 14,1966 
"Attest: FRANK MURRAY, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NEBRASKA 
"By FRANK B. MORRISON, Governor 
"Dated: Jan. 31,1966 
"Attest: FRANK MARSH, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
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"THE STATE OF NEVADA 
"By GRANT SAWYER, Governor 
"Dated: June 17,1966 
"Attest: JOHN KOONTZ, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 
"By JACK M. CAMPBELL, Governor 
"Dated: 11-8-65 
"Attest: ALBERTA MH^LER, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NEW YORK 
"By NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, Governor 
"Dated: Nov. 28,1966 
"Attest: JOHN P. LOMENZO, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 
"By WtLLIAM L. GUY, Governor 
"Dated: Dec. 19,1966 
"Attest: BEN MEIER, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF OHIO 
"By JAMES A. RHODES, Governor 
"Dated: July 25,1966 
"Attest: TED W. BROTVN, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
"By HENRY BELLMON, Governor 
"Dated: November 15,1965 
"Attest: JAMES M. BULLARD, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 
"By WILLIAM W. SCRANTON, Governor 
"Dated: Sept. 16,1966 
"Attest: W. STUART HELM, Secretary of the Common-
wealth 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA 
"By NILS A. BOE, Governor 
"Dated: Sept. 26,1966 
"Attest: ALMA LARSON, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
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"THE STATE OF TENNESSEE 
"By FRANK G. CLEMENT, Governor 
"Dated: 4-18-66 
"Attest: JOE C. CARE, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF T E X A S 
"By JOHN CONNALLY, Governor 
"Dated: October 11 1965 
"Attest": CRAWFORD C. MARTIN, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
'THE STATE OF UTAH 
"By CALVIN L. RAMPTON, Governor 
"Dated: 4/11/66 
"Attest: CLYDE L. MILLER, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
" T H E STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 
"By HULETT C. SMITH, Governor 
"Dated: July 14,1966 
"Attest: ROBERT D. BAILEY, Secretary of State 
(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF WYOMING 
"By CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Governor 
"Dated: Jan. 18,1966 
"Attest: THYRA THOMSON, Secretary of State" 
(SEAL) 
Report to Con- 
g^^.^ 2. The Attomey General of the United States shall make a 
report to Confess not later than December 31,1968, as to whether or 
not the activities of the States under the Interstate Compact To Con-
serve Oil and Gas have been consistent with the purpose as set out in 
article V of such compact. 
Powers re- 
SEC. 3, xhc right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of the 
first section of this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved December 11, 1967. 
Public Law 90-186 
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AN ACT 
December 12, 1967 
[s. 343] 
To provide that the Federal office building to be coustnic-ted in Detroit, Michigan, 
shall be named the "Patrick V. McNamara Federal Office Building"' in memoi-y 
of the late Patrick V. McNamara, a Unite<l States Senator from the State of 
Michigan frcnn V.)ii~i to liMiH. 
He it enacfed by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
M^Na"'^''a^F d 
United ^^tates of America in Congress assembled^ That the Federal 
era! Office Build- office bullding to 1)6 constTucted iu Detroit, Michigan, shall be named 
ing, Michigan. 
fhc "Patrick V. McNamara Federal Office Building" in memory of 
the late Patrick V. McNamara, a distinguished member of the United 
States Senate from the State of Michigan from 1955 to 1966. Any 
reference to such building in any law, regulation, document, record, 
gres 
served