4 USC § 112 - Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress

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title: "4 USC § 112 - Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress"
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title_name: "FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES"
section_number: "112"
section_name: "Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress"
chapter_number: 4
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source_credit: "(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, Feb. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 9; renumbered § 112, Pub. L. 89–554, § 2(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 608.)"
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# § 112. Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress

**(a)** 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.

**(b)** 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.

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**Source Credit**: (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, Feb. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 9; renumbered § 112, Pub. L. 89–554, § 2(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 608.)

### 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, ), the provisions of former , U.S.C. (, ), 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

### Amendments

1962—Subsec. (b).  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 , , , set out as a note preceding former , Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii Statehood Law, see , , , set out as a note preceding former .