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Article II

Purposes, Powers and Duties

[7.] SECTION 201. Purposes.--

The purposes of the signatories in enacting this agreement
are to assist the legislatures of Maryland, [and] Virginia, AND
PENNSYLVANIA in evaluating and responding to problems of mutual
concern relating to the Chesapeake Bay; to promote
intergovernmental cooperation; to encourage cooperative
coordinated resource planning and action by the signatories and
their agencies; to provide, where appropriate, through
recommendation to the respective legislature, uniformity of
legislative application; to preserve and enhance the functions,
powers, and duties of existing offices and agencies of
government; and to recommend improvements in the existing
management system for the benefit of the present and future
inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay region.

[8.] SECTION 202. Powers.--

In pursuit of the purposes and duties set forth in this
article, the Commission may exercise the following powers:

[1.] (1) The Commission may collect, compile,
analyze, interpret, coordinate, tabulate, summarize, and
distribute technical and other data relative to the Chesapeake
Bay and its environs. It may conduct or contract for studies,
except those for primary scientific research, and may prepare
reports on existing or potential problems within the Bay region.

[2.] (2) The Commission may prepare, publish, and
disseminate information in reports related to the resources of
the region.

[3.] (3) The Commission may serve as an advisory
board to any requesting agency of [either state on matters of
bistate concern] THE MEMBER STATES ON MATTERS OF INTERSTATE
CONCERN.

[4.] (4) The Commission may make application for
grants, services, or other aids as may be available from public
or private sources to finance or assist in effectuating any
purposes of this agreement; and receive and accept the same on
such terms and conditions as may be required by the law of the
respective signatory states.

[5.] (5) The Commission may purchase administrative
supplies and may lease sufficient office space if such space is
not otherwise made available for its use.

[6.] (6) The Commission may exercise such other
powers as are granted by this agreement and take such actions as