<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In the United States of America, an interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states . Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution provides that "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress...enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State ." Consent can be obtained in one of three ways . First, there can be a model compact and Congress can grant automatic approval for any state wishing to join it, such as the Driver License Compact . Second, states can submit a compact to Congress prior to entering into the compact . Third, states can agree to a compact then submit it to Congress for approval, which, if it does so, causes it to come into effect . Not all compacts between states require explicit Congressional approval - the Supreme Court ruled in Virginia v. Tennessee that only those agreements which would increase the power of states at the expense of the federal government required it . </P> <P> Frequently, these agreements create a new governmental agency which is responsible for administering or improving some shared resource such as a seaport or public transportation infrastructure . In some cases, a compact serves simply as a coordination mechanism between independent authorities in the member states . </P> <P> Such compacts are distinct from Uniform Acts, which are model statutes produced by non-governmental bodies of legal experts to be passed by state legislatures independently . </P>

Why do states make interstate compacts with other states
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