The Commission possesses significant enforcement authority against states deemed in default of their obligations under the Compact. The decision to impose a penalty for noncompliance rests with the Commission as a whole or its executive committee acting on the Commission’s behalf. The enforcement tools available to the Commission include:

• Requiring remedial training;
• Mandating mediation or binding arbitration;
• Providing technical assistance;
• Imposing financial penalties on a non-compliant state;
• Suspending a non-compliant state;
• Termination from the Compact; and
• Initiating litigation to enforce the terms of the Compact, monetary penalties ordered by the Commission, or obtaining injunctive relief.

Grounds for default include but are not limited to a state’s failure to fulfill such obligations as are imposed by the terms of the Compact, its by-laws, or any duly promulgated rule.