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The following table lists the interstate compacts formed between 1785 and 2014.

List of interstate compacts
Name Topic Formation Year Jurisdictions Number
Agreement on Detainers Corrections 1970 49
Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel Education 1968 37
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact Water apportionment 1997 2
Animas - La Plata Project Compact Water apportionment 1969 2
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact Water apportionment 1997 3
Appalachian States Radioactive Waste Compact Waste; public health 1988 4
Arizona-California Boundary Compact Boundaries 1963 2
Arizona-Nevada Boundary Compact Boundaries 1960 2
Arkansas River Basin Compact of 1970 Water apportionment 1970 2
Arkansas River Compact of 1949 Water apportionment 1949 2
Arkansas River Compact of 1965 Water apportionment 1965 2
Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact Infrastructure 1985 2
Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact Waste 1986 3
Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Compact Fisheries; Natural resource management 1942 15
Bay State-Ocean State Compact Natural resource management 2005 2
Bear River Compact Water apportionment 1958 3
Belle Fourche River Compact Water apportionment 1943 2
Bi-State Criminal Justice Center Compact Law enforcement 1979 2
Bi-State Development Agency Compact Transportation; Regional planning 1949 2
Big Blue River Compact Water apportionment 1971 2
Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact Fire protection   4
Boating Offense Compact Law enforcement 1992 2
Boundary Compact Between Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota Boundaries 1947 3
Breaks Interstate Park Compact Natural resource management 1954 2
Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge Compact Infrastructure 1994 2
Bus Taxation Proration and Reciprocity Agreement Taxation 1965 5
California-Nevada Compact Law enforcement 1995 2
Canadian River Compact Water apportionment 1951 3
Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Waste; Public Health 1982 4
Central Midwest Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Waste 1986 2
Chesapeake Bay Commission Agreement Natural resource management 1980 3
Colorado River Compact Water apportionment 1922 7
Colorado River Crime Enforcement Compact Law enforcement 1987 2
Columbia River Compact Natural resource management 1918 2
Columbia River Gorge Compact Natural resource management 1987 2
Compact for Pension Portability for Education Education   2
Compact on Mental Health Public health 1956 47
Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact Natural resource management 1983 4
Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact Water resources and flood control 1953 4
Costilla Creek Compact Water apportionment 1946 2
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Compact Historic preservation 1974 2
Delaware River and Bay Authority Compact Transportation 1962 2
Delaware River Basin Compact Natural resource management 1961 4
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Compact Infrastructure 1935 2
Delaware River Port Authority Compact Infrastructure 1932 2
Delaware Valley Urban Area Compact Regional planning 1966 2
Desert Pacific Economic Region Compact Economic development 1999 1
Driver License Compact Licensure 1958 46
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Emergency management 1996 55
Enhanced Nursing Licensure Compact Licensure 2018 34
Furlough Compact Corrections   1
Great Lakes Basin Compact Natural resource management 1955 8
Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact Fire protection   3
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact Natural resources management 2008 8
Great Plains Interstate Fire Compact Fire protection 2006 7
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact Natural resources management 1949 5
Health Care Compact Healthcare 2011 9
Historic Chattahoochee Compact Historic preservation 1978 2
Indiana-Kentucky Boundary Compact Boundaries 1943 2
Interpleader Compact Property 1955 5
Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact Defense 1951 23
Interstate Compact Defining a Portion of the Arizona-Nevada Boundary on the Colorado River Boundary 1960 2
Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision Corrections 1998 53
Interstate Compact for Education Education 1965 47
Interstate Compact for Juveniles Corrections 1955 53
Interstate Compact for Mutual Military Aid in an Emergency Emergency management 1953  
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance Children 1986 50
Interstate Compact on Agricultural Grain Marketing Industry regulation 1979 2
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children Education 2008 51
Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings Industry regulation 1993 4
Interstate Compact on Licenses of Participants in Horse Racing with Pari-Mutual Wagering Licensure 2000 15
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children Children 1963 52
Interstate Compact on the Mentally Disordered Offender Corrections 1967 8
Interstate Compact to Build a Border Fence Boundaries 2011 1
Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas Natural resource management 1935 31
Interstate Corrections Compact Corrections 1959 39
Interstate Earthquake Emergency Compact Emergency management 1989 4
Interstate Forest Fire Suppression Compact Fire protection 1991 3
Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact Transportation; Infrastructure 1981 7
Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Industry regulation 2006 46
Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact Industry regulation 1996 3
Interstate Jobs Protection Compact Employment   1
Interstate Library Compact Education 1956 35
Interstate Mining Compact Natural resource management 1970 24
Interstate Mutual Aid Compact Public safety 1986 2
Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact Transportation 1980 7
Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact Law enforcement 1989 49
Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Compact Boundaries 1943 2
Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact Natural resource management 1996 2
Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact Regional planning 1996 2
Kansas City Area Transportation Compact Transportation 1965 2
Kansas-Missouri Boundary Compact Boundaries 1949 2
Kansas-Missouri Flood Prevention and Control Compact Water Resources and Flood Control 1985 2
Klamath River Compact Water apportionment 1957 2
La Plata River Compact Water apportionment 1925 2
Maine-New Hampshire School District Compact Education 1992 2
Maryland and Virginia Boundary Agreement of 1785 Boundaries 1785 2
Menominee River Bridge Agreement Infrastructure 1928 2
Merrimack River Flood Control Compact Water resources and flood control 1989 2
Mid-Atlantic Forest Fire Protection Compact Fire protection 1988 7
Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Waste 1985 6
Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Transportation 2000 8
Midwestern Higher Education Compact Education 1991 12
Mississippi-Alabama Railroad Authority Compact Transportation 1992 2
Mississippi-Louisiana-Alabama Rapid Rail Transit Compact Transportation 1981 3
Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact Boundaries 1990 2
Multi-State Reciprocity Agreement Licensure 1962 15
Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement Transportation 1978 10
Multistate Lottery Agreement Lottery 1987 38
Multistate Tax Compact Taxation 1967 16
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Law enforcement 1999 34
National Guard Mutual Assistance Counter-Drug Activities Compact Law enforcement 1998 11
Nebraska-South Dakota Boundary Compact Boundaries 1989 2
New England Compact on Involuntary Detention for Tuberculosis Control Health; public safety 1997  
New England Higher Education Compact Education 1955 6
New England Interstate Corrections Compact Corrections 1960 7
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact Water pollution control 1947 7
New England Radiological Health Protection Compact Public health 1967 6
New England State Interstate Trucking Fee Compact Regulation; transportation 1982  
New England State Police Compact Law enforcement 1969 6
New Hampshire-Massachusetts Interstate Sewage and Waste Disposal Compact Waste 1981  
New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate Public Water Supply Compact Water supply 1995 2
New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact Education 1963 2
New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate Sewage and Waste Disposal Facilities Compact Waste 1975 2
New Jersey-Pennsylvania Turnpike Bridge Compact Infrastructure 1951 2
New York-New Jersey Port Authority Compact of 1921 Transportation 1921 2
Nonresident Violator Compact Licensure 1977 43
Northeast Mississippi-Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact Transportation 1992 2
Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact Fire protection 1949 7
Northwest Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact Waste 1985 8
Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement Fire protection 1999 5
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Compact Transportation 1952 1
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact Water resources 1948 8
Oregon-California Goose Lake Interstate Compact Water resource management 1963 2
Oregon-Washington Columbia River Boundary Compact Boundaries 1957 2
Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact Fisheries 1947 5
Pacific Ocean Resources Compact Natural resources management 1991 5
Pacific States Agreement on Radioactive Materials Transportation Health 1988 2
Palisades Interstate Park Compact Natural resources management 1937 2
Pecos River Compact Water apportionment 1948 2
Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge Compact Infrastructure 1936 2
Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact Transportation 1976 2
Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact Infrastructure 1991 3
Potomac River Compact of 1958 Natural resource management 1962 2
Potomac Valley Compact Water resource management 1940 5
Pymatuning Lake Compact Water resources 1994 2
Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact Planning 1990 2
Railroad Passenger Transportation Compact Transportation 1969 2
Red River Compact Water resource management 1978 4
Republican River Compact Water apportionment 1942 3
Rio Grande Interstate Compact Water apportionment 1938 3
Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Waste management 1983 3
Sabine River Compact Water apportionment 1953 2
Snake River Compact Water apportionment 1949 2
South Central Forest Fire Protection Compact Fire protection 1953 5
South Platte River Compact Water apportionment 1923 2
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Waste 1982 6
Southeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact Forest fire protection 1954 10
Southern Regional Education Compact Education 1948 16
Southern States Energy Compact Natural resource management 1962 18
Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Waste 1987 4
Statewide Mutual Aid Compact Emergency management 2002 1
Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Insurance 2011 9
Susquehanna River Basin Compact Natural resource management; Flood control 1970 3
Tahoe Conservancy Agency Compact Water resources 1973 2
Tahoe Regional Planning Compact Natural resource management 1969 2
Taxation of Motor Fuels Consumed by Interstate Buses Taxation; Transportation; Industry regulation 1965 2
Tennessee Interstate Furlough Compact Corrections   1
Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact Pollution control 1958 3
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact Economic development 1958 4
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Waste; Public health 1985 2
Thames River Valley Flood Control Compact Water resources and flood control 1957 2
The NASDTEC Interstate Contract Licensure; Education 1928 52
Tri-State Lotto Compact Lottery 1985 3
Tri-State Sanitation Compact Waste management; Water pollution 1935 3
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Children 1997 51
Uniform Unclaimed Property Act Property 1995 16
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Water apportionment 1948 5
Upper Niobrara River Compact Water apportionment 1962 2
Virginia and West Virginia Boundary Agreement of 1863 Boundaries 1863 2
Virginia and West Virginia Boundary Compact of 1959 Boundary 1959 2
Virginia and West Virginia Boundary Compact of 1998 Boundary 1998 2
Virginia-District of Columbia Boundary Line Compact of 1946 Boundaries 1946 2
Virginia-Kentucky Boundary Compact Boundaries 1800 2
Virginia-Maryland Boundary Agreement of 1878 Boundaries 1878 2
Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1791 Boundaries 1791 2
Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1970 Boundaries 1970 2
Virginia-Tennessee Boundary Agreement Boundaries 1901 2
Wabash Valley Compact Natural resource management 1959 2
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact Transportation 1960 3
Waterfront Commission Compact Law enforcement 1953 2
Western Corrections Compact Corrections 1959 11
Western Interstate Energy Compact Energy 1970 12
Western Regional Higher Education Compact Education 1951 15
Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Compact Flood prevention 1967 2
Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact Infrastructure 1995 3
Yellowstone River Compact Interstate water apportionment 1951 3