Title 4 — Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter 4 — The States
§ 112. Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress
Statutory text
The consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and in the enforcement of their respective criminal laws and policies, and to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements and compacts.
For the purpose of this section, the term “States” means the several States and Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the District of Columbia.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 81–139 § 129(b) · 63 Stat. 89
Enacted · 4 U.S.C. § 112
Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 129(b), 63 Stat. 107, § 112, formerly § 111
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 129(b), 63 Stat. 107, § 112, formerly § 111Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Such title 4 of the United States Code is further amended by 61 Stat. 645. 4 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 110. inserting, immediately following section 110, a new section, as follows: “§ 111. Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress “The consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and in the enforcement of their respective criminal laws and policies, and to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements and compacts.”.Pub. L. 87–406 · 76 Stat. 9
Inserted · 4 U.S.C. § 112(b)
Pub. L. 87–406 inserted “Guam” after “the Virgin Islands,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–406 inserted “Guam” after “the Virgin Islands,”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
This section [section 129(b) of Act ] incorporates in title 4, U.S.C. (enacted into positive law by act of (ch. 389, § 1, 61 Stat. 641), the provisions of former section 420 of title 18, U.S.C. (act of June 6, 1934, ch. 406, 48 Stat. 909), which, in the course of the revision of such title 18, was omitted therefrom and recommended for transfer to such title 4. (See table 7—Transferred sections, p. A219, H. Rept. No. 304, , to accompany H.R. 3190, 80th Cong.).
Editorial Notes
Amendments1956–1962 · 2 rounds
1962
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–406 inserted “Guam” after “the Virgin Islands,”.
1956
Act , designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Executive Documents
Admission of Alaska and Hawaii to Statehood
Alaska was admitted into the Union on , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, and Hawaii was admitted into the Union on , on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, , 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74. For Alaska Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 85–508, , 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding former section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 86–3, , 73 Stat. 4, set out as a note preceding former section 491 of Title 48.
Credits
1949–1966 · 4 acts
- 1949Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 129(b), 63 Stat. 107, § 112, formerly § 111
- 1956amended Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 941, 70 Stat. 1020
- 1962Pub. L. 87–406, , 76 Stat. 9
- 1966renumbered § 112, Pub. L. 89–554, § 2(c), , 80 Stat. 608.
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(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 129(b), 63 Stat. 107, § 112, formerly § 111; amended Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 941, 70 Stat. 1020; Pub. L. 87–406, , 76 Stat. 9; renumbered § 112, Pub. L. 89–554, § 2(c), , 80 Stat. 608.)