Joint resolution consenting to an extension and renewal of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas
PL 91-158 (S.J.Res.54), enacted 12/24/1969

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PUBLIC LAW 91-158-DEC. 24, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
Public Law 91-158 
December 24, 1969 
J O I N T 
R E S O L U T I O N 
[s. J. Res. 54] 
Consenting to an extension and renewal of the interstate compact to conserve 
oil and gas. 
Interstate oil 
and gas con-
servation com-
pact. 
Extension and 
renewal. 
49 Stat. 939. 
81 Stat. 560. 
Resolved l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the consent of Con-
gress is hereby given to an extension and renewal for a period of two 
years from September 1, 1969, to September 1, 1971, 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 recommenda 
tion 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 thereafter 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 con-
sented to by the Congress for successive periods, without interruption, 
the last extension being for the period from September 1, 1967, to 
September 1, 1969, consented to by Congress by Public Law Num-
bered 90-185, Ninetieth Congress, approved December 11, 1967. The 
agreement to extend and renew said compact for a period of four 
yeaHs from September 1,1967, to September 1, 1971, duly executed by 
representatives of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 
Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, I^ew 
Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, 
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, L^tah, West Virginia, and Wyoming, 
has been deposited in the Department of State of the United States, 
and reads as follows: 
"AN AGREEMENT TO EXTEND T H E 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 w^hich follows: 
"'AN 
INTERSTATE COMPACT TO CONSERVE OIL 
AND GAS 
" 'ARTICLE I 
" 'This agreement may become effective within any compacting 
state at any time as prescribed by that state, and shall become effec-
tive 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. 
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" 'ARTICLE 
I I 
" 'The purpose of this compact is to conserve oil and gas by the 
prevention of physical waste thereof from any cause. 
" 'ARTICLE 
I I I 
" '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 pro-
ducing oil or gas, or both oil and gas, in paying quantities. 
'"(c) The avoidable escape into the open air or the wasteful 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 join-
ing herein to limit the production of oil or gas for the purpose of 
stabilizing or fixing the price thereof, or create or perpetuate monop-
oly, 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, prac-
tices, circumstances, and conditions as may be disclosed for bringing 
about conservation and the prevention of physical waste of oil and 
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. 
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" '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 
aiRrmative votes of the majority of the whole number of compacting 
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 pro-
duction during the preceding calendar half-year to the daily average 
production of the compacting States during said period. 
" 'ARTICLE 
V I I 
" '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 V I I I 
" '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 
Compact 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: 
" I t 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 United 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 
original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department 
of State of the United States and a duly certified copy thereof shall 
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be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory States. Any 
oil-producing state may become a party hereto by executing a counter-
part of this agreement to be similarly deposited, certified, and ratified. 
"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 resolutions, subject to the limitations and 
qualifications of the acts of the respective State Legislatures. 
" T H E STATE or ALABAMA 
"By GEORGE C. WALLACE, Governor 
"Dated:Aug. 11,1966 
"Attest: Mrs. AGNES BAGGETT, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF ALASKA 
"By WILLIAM A. EGAN, Governor 
"Dated: July 13,1966 
"Attest: HUGH J. WADE, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE or ARIZONA 
"By SAMUEL P. GODDARD, Governor 
"Dated: March 8,1966 
"Attest: WESLEY BOLIN, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF ARKANSAS 
"By ORVAL E . FAUBUS. Governor 
"Dated: May 3, 1966 
"Attest: KELLY BRYANT, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF COLORADO 
"By JOHN A. LOVE, Governor 
"Dated: January 13, 1966 
"Attest: BYRON A. ANDERSON, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF FLORIDA 
"By HAYDON BURNS, Governor 
"Dated: June 28,1966 
"Attest: TOM DAVIS, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF ILLINOIS 
"Bv OTTO KERNER, Governor 
" "Dated: January 24, 1966 
"Attest: PAUL POWELL, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF INDIANA 
"By RODGER D . BRANIGIN, Governor 
"Dated: May 31, 1966 
"Attest: JOHN D . BOTTORFF, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF KANSAS 
"By W M . H . AVERY, Governor 
"Dated: December 1,1965 
"Attest: PAUL E . SHANAHAN, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF KENTUCKY 
"By EDWARD T . BREATHITT, Governor 
• "Dated: 6-6-66 
"Attest: THELMA L . STOVALL, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF LOUISIANA 
"By JOHN J. MCKEITHEN, Governor 
• "Dated: November 22, 1965 
"Attest: WADE O . MARTIN, Jr., Secretary of State (Seal) 
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" T H E STATE OF MARYLAND 
"By J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 
" "Dated: October 10, 1966 
"Attest: LLOYD L . SIMPKINS, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE or MICHIGAN 
"By GEORGE ROMNEY, Governor 
• "Dated: 5/19/66 
"Attest: JAMES M . HARE, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
"By PAUL B . JOHNSON, Governor 
"Dated: April 27,1966 
"Attest: HEBER LADNER, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF MONTANA 
"By T I M BABCOCK, Governor 
"Dated: Feb. 14,1966 
"Attest: FRANK MURRAY, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF NEBRASKA 
"By FRANK B . MORRISON, Governor 
"Dated: Jan. 31,1966 
"Attest: FRANK MARSH, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF NEVADA 
"By GRANT SAWYER, Governor 
"Dated: June 17,1966 
"Attest: JOHN KOONTZ, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF NEW MEXICO 
"By JACK M . CAMPBELL, Governor 
"Dated: Nov. 8,1965 
"Attest: ALBERTA MILLER, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF NEW YORK 
"By NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, Governor 
"Dated: Nov. 28,1966 
"Attest: JOHN P. LOMENZO, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 
"By WILLIAM L . GUY, Governor 
"Dated: Dec. 19,1966 
"Attest: BEN MEIER, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF OHIO 
"By JAMES A. RHODES, Governor 
"Dated: July 25,1966 
"Attest: TED W . BROWN, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
"By HENRY BELLMON, Governor 
"Dated: November 15,1965 
"Attest: JAMES M . BULLARD, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 
"By WILLIAM W . SCRANTON, Governor 
"Dated: Sept. 16,1966 
"Attest: W. STUART HELM, Secretary of the Commonwealth 
(Seal) 
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" T H E STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA 
"By NILS A. BOE, Governor 
"Dated: Sept. 26,1966 
"Attest: ALMA LAKSON, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF TENNESSEE 
"By FRANK G . CLEMENT, Governor 
"Dated: 4-18-66 
"Attest: JOE C. CAKE, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF TEXAS 
"By JOHN CONNALLY, Governor 
"Dated: October 11,1965 
"Attest: CRAWFORD C. MARTIN, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E 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) 
" T H E STATE OF WYOMING 
"By CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Governor 
"Dated: Jan. 18, 1966 
"Attest: THYRA THOMSON, Secretary of State" (Seal) 
SEC. 2. The Attorney General of the United States shall continue ^„^^f *° 
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to make an annual report to Congress, as provided m section 2 oi 
Public Law 185, Eighty-fourth Congress, for the duration of the 69stat. 391. 
Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas as to whether or not the 
activities of the States under the provisions of such compact have 
been consistent with the purposes as set out in article V of such 
compact. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of the 
first section of this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
Public Law 91-159 
AN ACT 
December 24, 1969 
Granting the consent of Congress to the Connecticut-New York Railroad 
[s. 2734] 
Passenger Transportation Compact. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the consent Ne^Tork*^''"'' 
of Congress is hereby given to the Connecticut-New York Railroad Railroad 
Passenger Transportation Compact in substantially the following: Passenger 
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compact. 
Consent of 
"CONNECTICUT-NEW YORK RAILROAD PASSENGER 
Congress. 
TRANSPORTATION COMPACT 
"ARTICLE I 
"For the purpose of continuing and improving the railroad passenger 
service of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (and its 
successors) between the city of New Haven in the state of Connecticut 
and the city of New York in the state of New York, including branch