Maryland Code, Public Safety § 14-601

WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States of America has enacted the procedure for granting its consent to emergency management and civil defense compacts by an act entitled “Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950” (Public Law 920, 81st Congress, Second Session, approved January 12, 1951); and

WHEREAS, the State of Maryland contemplates entering into emergency management and civil defense compacts with other states, possessions and territories of the United States and with the District of Columbia, substantially in the form following: