Compact Clause of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Compact Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that restricts states from entering into agreements or compacts with other states or foreign powers without the consent of Congress.

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Label	Occurrences
Compact Clause	2
Compact Clause of the United States Constitution canonical	1
U.S. Constitution Compact Clause	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T930111 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Compact Clause of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [NPVIC, constitutionalBasisClaimed, Compact Clause of the United States Constitution]

A. Admissions Clause
The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
B. Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
The Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article IV that grants Congress broad authority to govern and regulate U.S. territories and their property.
C. Guarantee Clause
The Guarantee Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that obligates the federal government to ensure every state maintains a republican form of government and protection against invasion and domestic violence.
D. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
E. Article III of the United States Constitution
Article III of the United States Constitution establishes and defines the powers, structure, and jurisdiction of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Compact Clause of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Compact Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that restricts states from entering into agreements or compacts with other states or foreign powers without the consent of Congress.

A. Admissions Clause
The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
B. Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
The Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article IV that grants Congress broad authority to govern and regulate U.S. territories and their property.
C. Guarantee Clause
The Guarantee Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that obligates the federal government to ensure every state maintains a republican form of government and protection against invasion and domestic violence.
D. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
E. Article III of the United States Constitution
Article III of the United States Constitution establishes and defines the powers, structure, and jurisdiction of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 Compact Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Compact Clause
appliedInCase	Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors ⓘ Texas v. New Mexico ⓘ U.S. Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Commission ⓘ Virginia v. Tennessee ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. states ⓘ state governments ⓘ
authoritySource	United States Constitution ⓘ
bindingOn	all U.S. states admitted to the Union ⓘ
category	United States constitutional law ⓘ federalism clauses in the United States Constitution ⓘ
concerns	distribution of power between federal government and states ⓘ state relations with foreign governments ⓘ
constitutionalFunction	limits state sovereignty in external relations ⓘ preserves federal supremacy in foreign affairs ⓘ regulates cooperative arrangements among states ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Treaty Clause, which governs treaties made by the United States with foreign nations ⓘ
enforcedBy	federal courts ⓘ
governs	agreements between a state and foreign powers ⓘ agreements between states ⓘ interstate compacts ⓘ
historicalContext	adopted with the original text of the Constitution in 1787–1788 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageType	prohibitory clause ⓘ
legalDoctrine	agreements that increase state power at the expense of federal supremacy generally require consent ⓘ not all interstate agreements require explicit congressional consent ⓘ
legalEffect	renders certain interstate agreements invalid without congressional consent ⓘ
locatedInText	Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose	ensure congressional oversight of interstate agreements ⓘ prevent states from conducting independent foreign policy ⓘ
relatedTo	Supremacy Clause ⓘ surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution federalism in the United States ⓘ
requiresConsentFrom	United States Congress ⓘ
restricts	states entering into any agreement or compact with a foreign power without congressional consent ⓘ states entering into any agreement or compact with another state without congressional consent ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, ..." ⓘ
usedToAuthorize	creation of interstate compact agencies ⓘ port authority compacts ⓘ regional transportation compacts ⓘ water apportionment compacts among states ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NPVIC → constitutionalBasisClaimed → Compact Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Compact Clause of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Compact Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Compact Clause

Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution → hasClause → Compact Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Compact Clause

Emergency Management Assistance Compact → legalBasis → Compact Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution Compact Clause

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