Joint resolution consenting to an extension and renewal of the Interstate Compact To  Conserve Oil and Gas
PL 88-115 (S.J.Res.33), enacted 09/06/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-115-SEPT. 6, 1963 
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Public Law 8^-115 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
September 6, 1963 
Consenting to an extension and renewal of the Interstate Compact To Conserve 
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Oil and Gas. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
imitates of America in Congress assembled. That the consent of Con- 
interstate oii 
gress is hereby given to an extension and renewal for a period of four ^"^ gas compact. 
years from September 1,1963, to September 1, 1967, of the Interstate reneJ^T°'^ ^""^ 
Compact To Conserve Oil and Gas, vv^hich 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 Ar-
kansas, 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 
49 stat. 939. 
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, 1959, to September 
1, 1963, consented to by Congress by Public Law Numbered 143, 73 stat. 290. 
Eighty-sixth Congress, approved August 7, 1959. The agreement to 
extend and renew said compact for a period of four years from Septem-
ber 1,1963, to September 1, 1967, 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, New Mexico, New York, 
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Ten-
nessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, 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 COM-
PACT 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 T"'^nited States, a true copy of 
which follows: 
" 'AN INTERSTATE COMPACT TO (^ONSERVE OIL 
AND GAS 
U ( ARTICLE I 
" 'This agreement may become effective within any compacting 
state at any time as prescribed by that 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. 
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" 'ARTICXE 
II 
" 'The purpose of this compact is to conserve oil and gas by the 
prevention of physical waste thereof from any qause. 
" '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 
producing oil or gas, or both oil and gas, in paying quantities. 
'"(c) The avoidable escape into the open air or the wasteful 
burning 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 I N T E R S T A T E OIL COMPACT COMMISSION, 
the duty of which said commission shall be to make inquiry and 
ascertain from time to time such methodsp practices, circumstances, 
and conditions as may be disclosed for brmging about conservation 
and the prevention of i)h^sical 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. 
" 'The Commission shall have power to recommend the co-ordination 
of the exercise of the police powers of the several states within their 
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147 
seveiul 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 
production during the preceding calendar half-year to the daily 
average production of the compacting States during said period. 
" 'ARTICLE VII 
" 'No State by joining herein shall become financially obligated to 
rtny other State, nor shall the breach of the terms hereof by any State 
subject such State to financial responsibility to the other States join-
ing herein. 
" 'ARTIC1.E V I I I 
" 'This compact shall expire September 1, 1937. But any State 
joining herein may, upon sixty (60) days notice, withdraw herefrom. 
" 'The representatives of the signatory States have signed this agree-
ment in a single original whidh 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 1,1963; 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 1,1963, to September 1,1967: 
''Now, therefore, this writing witnesseth: 
"It is hereby agreed that the Compact entitled 
" 'AN INTERSTATE COMPACT 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 1,1963, its present date of expiration, to September 1,1967. 
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 be 
forwarded 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. 
"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. 
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• I H E STATE OF ALABAMA 
"By JOHN PATTERSON. Governor 
"Dated: 9-4-62 
''Attest: BETTYE FRINK 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ALASKA 
"By WILLIAM A. EGAN. Governor 
•'Dated: l)-21-62 
"Attest: HUGH J. WADE 
"Secretary of Stat^ 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ARIZONA 
"By PAUL J. FANNIN. Governor 
"Dated: 11-1-61 
"Attest: WESLEY BOLIN 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ARKANSAS 
"By ORVAL E . FAUBUS. Governor 
"Dated: 8-15-62 
"Attest: NANCY J. HALL 
"Secretary of Stat« 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF COLORADO 
"By STEVE MCNICHOLS. Governor 
"Dated: 
"Attest: GEORGE J. BAKER 
"Secretary of States 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
"By FARRIS BRYANT, Governor 
"Dated: 5-28-62 
"Attest: TOM ADAMS 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 
"By OTTO KERNER, Governor 
"Dated: 12-12-61 
"Attest: CHARLES F . CARPENTIER 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF INDIANA 
"By MATTHEW E . WELSH, Governor 
"Dated: 
"Attest: CHARLES O . HENDRICKS 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF KANSAS 
"By JOHN ANDERSON, Jr., Governor 
"Dated: 
"Attest: PAUL R . SHANAHAN 
"Secretary of State 
"LEONE M . POWERS 
"Assistant Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
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•'THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 
"By BERT COMBS, Governor 
"Dated: 11-30-61 
'•Attest: HENRY H . CARTER 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 
"By JiMMiE H. DAVIS, Governor 
"Dated: 6-12-62 
•'Attest: WADE O . MARTIN, Jr. 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MAEYLAND 
"By J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 
"Dated: 11-20-62 
"Attest: LLOYD L . SIMPKINS 
"Secretary of State 
•'(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MICHIGAN 
"By JOHN B . SWAINSON, Governor 
"Dated: 7-6-62 
"Attest: JAMES M . HARE 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
"By Ross R . BARNETT, Governor 
"Dated: 
•'Attest: HEBER LADNER 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF MONTANA 
"By DONALD G. NUTTER, Governor 
"Dated: 1-18-62 
"Attest: FRANK MURRAY 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NEBRASKA 
"By FRANK B . MORRISON, Governor 
"Dated: 1-24-62 
"Attest: FRANK MARSH 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NEVADA 
"By GRANT SAWYER, Governor 
"Dated: 4-25-62 
"Attest: JOHN KOONTZ 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 
"By E. L . MECHEM, Governor 
"Dated: 10-23-61 
"Attest: BE'JTY FIORINA 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
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•THE STATE OF NEW YORK 
"By NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, Governor 
"Dated: 9-22-62 
"Attest: CAROLINE K . SIMON 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 
"By WILLIAM L , GUY, Governor 
"Dated: 3-2-62 
"Attest: BEN MEIER 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF OHIO 
"By MICHAEL V. Di SALLE, Governor 
"Dated: 10-9-62 
"Attest: TED W . BROWN 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE O F OKLAHOMA 
"By J. HOWARD EDMONDSON, Governor 
"Dated: 10-20-61 
"Attest: WILLIAM N . CHRISTIAN 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 
"By DAVID L . LAWRENCE, Governor 
"Dated: 2-6-62 
"Attest: E. JAMES TRIMARCHI, Jr. 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA 
"By ARCHIE GUBBRUD, Governor 
"DATED: 8-26-62 
"Attest: ESSIE WIEDENMAN 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF TENNESSEE 
"By BuroRD ELLINGTON, Governor 
"Dated: 9-10-62 
"Attest: JOE C . CARR 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF TEXAS 
"By PRICE DANIEL, Governor 
"Dated: 10-16-61 
"Attest: P. FRANK LAKE 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF UTAH 
"By GEORGE D . CLYDE, Governor 
''Dated: 
"Attest: I^AMONT F . TORONTO 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-117-SEPT. 6, 1963 
151 
" T H E STATE OF WASHINGTON 
"By ALBERT D . ROSELLINI, Governor 
"Dated: 10-25-62 
"Attest: VICTOR A. MEYERS 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 
"By W. W. BARRON, Governor 
"Dated: 10-10-62 
"Attest: JOE F . BURDETT 
"Secretary of State 
"(SEAL) 
"THE STATE OF WYOMING 
"By JACK R . GAGE, Governor 
"Dated: 10-3-62 
"Attest: ROBERT OUTSEN 
"Deputy Secretary of State 
"(SEAL)". 
SEC. 2. The Attorney General of the United States shall continue 
Report to con-
to make an annual report to Congress, as provided in section 2 of ^"^g^^^^^ ^g^ 
Public Law 185, Eighty-fourth Congress, for the duration of the 
Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas as to whether or not the 
activities of the States under the provisions pf 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. 
Powers reserved. 
Approved September 6, 1963-
Public Law 88-116 
AN A P T 
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September 6, 1963 
To approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior canceling irrigation 
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charges against non-Indian-owned lands under the Wind River Indian 
irrigation project, Wyoming, and for other purposes. 
Be it eruicted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United Statex of America in dongress assembled. That, in accordance 
wind River, wyo. 
with the provision of the Act of June 22,1936 (49 Stat. 1803,25 U.S.C. J"^^^^'°'' ^'°^ 
')89-389e), the order of the Secretary of the Interior canceling delin- ^ cancellation o
f 
(juent operation and maintenance irrigation charges in the amount of '^'^^'•Bes. 
$1,134.99, which includes both principal and accrued interest thereon, 
against lands on the Wind River Indian irrigation project, Wyoming, 
described as the northwest quarter northwest quarter, southwest: 
quarter northwest quarter of section 9, township 1 south, range 4 east, 
AVind River meridian, and a contract for the deferred payment of 
delinquent charges in the amount of $2,331.59, are hereby approved. 
Approved September 6, 1963. 
Public Law 88-117 
A N A C T 
September 6, 1963 
To designate the dam being constnicted and the reservoir to be formed on the 
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Des Moines River, low^a, as the Red Rock Dam and Lake Red Rock. 
Be it eruicted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the dam now 
Red Rock D
a
m 
being constructed on the Des Moines River in Iowa, authorized by the ^tiM^wa ^'^ 
Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1216; Public Law 761,