931 



"Aeticle TV 



"The duty of the said commission shall be to 

 make inquiry and ascertain from time to time such 

 methods, practices, circumstances and conditions 

 as may be disclosed for bringing about t)ie conserva- 

 tion and the prevention of the depletion and phys- 

 ical waste of the fisheries, marine, slicll and anad- 

 romous. in all of those areas of the Pacific Ocean 

 over which the States signatory to this compact 

 jointly or separately now have or may hereafter 

 acquire jurisdiction, llie commission shall have 

 power to recommend the coordination of the exer- 

 cise of the police powers of the several States witliin 

 their respective juiisdictions and said conservation 

 zones to promote the preservation of those fisheries 

 and their protection against over-fishing, waste, 

 depletion, or any abuse whatsoever and to assure 

 a continuing yield from the fisheries resources of 

 the signatory parties hereto. 



"To that end the commission shall draft and, 

 after consultation with the advison' committee 

 hereinafter auUiorized. recommend to the Gover- 

 nors and legislative brMiches of the various signa- 

 tory States hereto legislation dealing with the con- 

 servation of the marine, shell and anadromoas fish- 

 eries in all of thoc8 rreas of the Pacific Oceari over 

 which the signatoi-y States jointly or separately 

 now have or may hereafter acquire jurisdiction. 

 Tlie cominission rh.all, more uhan one month prior 

 to any regular meeting of the legislative braricii in 

 any State signatory hereto, present to the Governor 

 of such State il.s recommendations relating to en- 

 actments by the legislative branch of tliat State in 

 furthering the intents and pm-poscs of this 

 compact. 



"The commission shall consult with and advise 

 the pertinent administrative agencies in the signa- 

 tory Stales with icgard to problems connected vrith 

 the fisb.enes and re-commend the adoption of such 



regulations as it deems adrisable and which lie 

 within the jurisdiction of sucli agencies. 



"The commission sliall have power to recommend 

 to the States ■Jignatory hereto l!ie stocking of tliC 

 waters of such Stales with marine, shell, or r.nadro- 

 iiious ilsh and ilsli eggs or joint stocking by some 

 or all of such States, lUid, wlu-n two or more of the 

 said Suites shall jointlj- stock wateis. the comnus- 

 sion shall act as the coordinating agency for such 

 stocking." 



Sec. 5. Article X of the Paoillc Marine J^sheries 

 ■ Compact, as amended, would read substantially as 

 follows : 



"Article X 



"The States agree to make available annual 

 funds for the support of the Commission on the 

 following basis: 



"Eighty percent (SOTo) of the aimual budget 

 shall be shared equally by tho'-e member Stat«s 

 having as a boundary the Pacific Ocean; and five 

 percent (5%> of the annual budget shall be con- 

 tributed by any other member State; the balance of 

 the annual budget shall be shared by those member 

 States, having as a boundary the Pacific Ocean, in 

 profwrtion to the primary market value of the 

 products of their commercial I'lsheries on the basis 

 of the latest five-year catch records. 



"The amiual contribution of each member State 

 shall be figured to the nearest one hundred dollars. 

 ' "Tliis amended article shall become eifeccive upon 

 its enactment by the States of Alaska. California. 

 Idaho. Oregon, and Washington and upon rati- 

 fication by Congress by virtue of the authority 

 vested in it under Article I, section 10. of the Con- 

 stitution of the United States." 



Sec 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this 

 Act is expressly reserved. 



Approved July 10, 1970. 



5. Potomac River Compact of 1958 

 P.L. 87-783 



P.L. 87-783, Act of Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 797 



JOINT RESOLUTION 



Granting consent of the Congress to a compact entered 

 into between the State of Mary'and and the Common- 

 wealth or Virginia for the creation of the Potomac 

 River Compact of 1958. 



Whereas the State of Maryland and the Common- 

 wealth of Virginia have entered into a compact, 

 known as the Potomac River Compact of 1958, 

 by means of concurrent legislation for that pur- 

 pose, being chapter 269 of the Acts of the General 

 Assembly of Maryland of 1959 and bemg found 

 in chapters 5 and 28 of the 1959 Extraordinary 

 Session of the General Assembly of Virginia: 

 Therefore be it 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the United States of America in Congress 

 assembled. That the consent of the Congress, sub- 

 ject to the provisions and conditions of section 2 of 

 this joint resolution, is given to the Sta,te of Mary- 



land and the CommonweaUh of Virginia for the 

 Potomac River Compact of 1958 and for each and 

 every part and article Diereof: Provided, That 

 noticing m tliis compact shall be construed as im- 

 pairing or in any manner affecting any right or 

 jurisdiction of the United Slates In or over the 

 region which forms the subject of the compact or 

 the power of Congress pursuant to the United 

 States Constitution over interstate or foreign com- 

 merce. The compact reads as follows: 



"POTOMAC RIVER COMPACT OP 1958 

 "PREAMBLE 



"Whereas Maryland and Virginia are both vitally 



interested in conserving aiul improvliv: th.e valu- 

 able fislierj- resources of the Tidewater portion 

 of the Potomac i?iver, Mid 

 "Whereas, certain provisions of the Compact of 

 1735 bct'veen MarylP-nd ;md Virginia having 



