Ala. Code § 26-10B-4: Department of Human Resources Authorized to Enter into Interstate Compacts.

The State Department of Human Resources, by and through its commissioner, is authorized to develop, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in this chapter. When so entered into, and for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall have the force and effect of law.