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Show 254 INTERSTATE COMPACTS of a person to represent the United States in the negotiations and to report to the Congress thereon. The Act also provided that no such compact should "be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislatures of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States." State ratifications.-District of Columbia, by resolution of its Board of Commissioners April 16,1940 (see Joint Resolution of July 11,1940, 54 Stat, 748). Maryland, Act of May 3,1939 (Laws 1939, p. 702; Md. Code 1957, Art. 43, sec. 385). Pennsylvania, Act of May 29, 1945 (Laws, 1945, p. 1134; Purdon's Pa. Stat. Ann., Tit. 32, sec. 741). Virginia, Act of March 29,1940 (Acts 1940, p. 525; Ya. Code 1950, sec. 62-62). West Virginia, Act of March 8, 1941 (Acts 1941, p. 363; W. Va. Code Ann. 1961, sec. 2777 (13)). Congressional consent to compact.-By the Joint Resolution of July 11,1940 (54 Stat. 748), from which the text of the compact above set out is taken, the Congress gave its consent to the Potomac River Basin Compact. The Joint Resolution also provided "That nothing contained in such compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of this compact" and "ex- pressly reserved" the "right to alter, amend, or repeal" the joint resolution. For legislative history, see S. J. Res. 222 and H. J. Res. 542, 76th Congress; Senate Report 1715 (Committee on Commerce) and House Report 2654 (Committee on Rivers and Harbors), 76th Congress; 86 Gong. Rec. 7101-7102, 9137-9138 (1940); Pub. Res. 93,76th Congress. |