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2.  ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO SHALL WILLFULLY
VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL FORFEIT HIS
OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT.

3.  ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT KNOWINGLY MADE IN
CONTRAVENTION OF THIS SECTION IS VOID.

4.  OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE
SUBJECT, IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, TO SUCH
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL SANCTIONS FOR MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE AS MAY BE
IMPOSED BY FEDERAL LAW AND THE LAW OF THE SIGNATORY STATE IN
WHICH SUCH MISCONDUCT OCCURS.

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ARTICLE V.

ELIGIBILITY, ENTRY INTO EFFECT,

CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT, WITHDRAWAL

A.  ONLY THE STATES OF PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA,
DELAWARE, AND MARYLAND ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PARTIES TO THIS
COMPACT.

B.  AN ELIGIBLE STATE MAY BECOME A PARTY STATE BY
LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT OF THIS COMPACT OR BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF
THE GOVERNOR ADOPTING THIS COMPACT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A STATE
BECOMING A PARTY STATE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER SHALL CEASE TO BE A
PARTY STATE UPON ADJOURNMENT OF THE FIRST GENERAL SESSION OF ITS
LEGISLATURE CONVENED THEREAFTER, UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE SHALL
HAVE ENACTED THIS COMPACT BEFORE SUCH ADJOURNMENT.

C.  THIS COMPACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT WHEN IT HAS BEEN ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ONE OR MORE ELIGIBLE
STATES. HOWEVER, ARTICLE IV B AND C SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL
CONGRESS HAS CONSENTED TO THIS COMPACT. EVERY FIFTH YEAR AFTER
SUCH CONSENT HAS BEEN GIVEN, CONGRESS MAY WITHDRAW CONSENT.

D.  A PARTY STATE MAY WITHDRAW FROM THE COMPACT BY REPEALING
THE ENACTMENT OF THIS COMPACT, BUT NO SUCH WITHDRAWAL SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL TWO YEARS AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE REPEALING
LEGISLATION. IF THE WITHDRAWING STATE IS A HOST STATE, ANY
REGIONAL FACILITY IN THAT STATE SHALL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE
LOW-LEVEL WASTE GENERATED WITHIN THE REGION UNTIL FIVE YEARS
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE WITHDRAWAL.

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ARTICLE VI.

CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY

A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE BROADLY
CONSTRUED TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPACT, BUT THE
SOVEREIGN POWERS OF A PARTY STATE SHALL NOT UNNECESSARILY BE
INFRINGED.