16 USC 791 (Short Title)

§ 791

TITLE 16—CONSERVATION

Sec.

825j.
825k.
825l.
825m.
825n.
825o.
825o–1.
825p.
825q.
825q–1.
825r.
825s.

825s–1.

825s–2.

825s–3.

825s–4.
825s–5.
825s–6.

825s–7.

825t.
825u.

Investigations relating to electric energy; reports to Congress.
Publication and sale of reports.
Review of orders.
Enforcement provisions.
Forfeiture for violations; recovery; applicability.
Penalties for violations; applicability of section.
Enforcement of certain provisions.
Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties.
Repealed.
Office of Public Participation.
Separability.
Sale of electric power from reservoir projects;
rate schedules; preference in sale; construction of transmission lines; disposition of
moneys.
Southwestern area sale and transmission of
electric power; disposition of receipts; creation of continuing fund; use of fund.
Southeastern area sale and transmission of
electric power; disposition of receipts; creation of continuing fund; use of fund.
Southwestern area sale at uniform systemwide rates of electric power over transmission lines constructed with appropriated
funds or used under contractual arrangements.
Southwestern Power Administration; deposit
and availability of advance payments.
Southeastern Power Administration; deposit
and availability of advance payments.
Southeastern Power Administration; deposit
and availability of discretionary offsetting
collections.
Southwestern Power Administration; deposit
and availability of discretionary offsetting
collections.
Utilization of power revenues.
Interest rate on power bonds held by Administrator of General Services.

SUBCHAPTER IV—STATE AND MUNICIPAL WATER
CONSERVATION FACILITIES
828.

828a.
828b.

828c.

Facilitation of development and construction
of water conservation facilities; exemption
from certain Federal requirements.
Definitions.
Exemption from formula, books and records,
and project cost statement requirements;
annual charges.
Applicability of this subchapter.

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SUBCHAPTER I—REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES
CODIFICATION
Section 212 of act of Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, 49 Stat. 847,
provided that sections 1 to 29 of the Federal Water
Power Act, as amended (sections 792, 793, 794 to 797, 798
to 818, 819, and 820 to 823 of this title) shall constitute
part I of the act. Said section 212 also repealed sections
25 and 30 of the act (sections 819, 791 of this title). It
also contained a proviso as follows: ‘‘That nothing in
that Act, as amended, shall be construed to repeal or
amend the provisions of the amendment to the Federal
Water Power Act approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1353
[section 797a of this title]), or the provisions of any
other Act relating to national parks and national
monuments.’’

§ 791. Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II,
§ 212, 49 Stat. 847
Section, act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, § 30, 41 Stat. 1077,
designated the act as The Federal Water Power Act.

§ 791a. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Federal
Power Act’’.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, § 321, formerly § 320,
as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 213, 49
Stat. 863; renumbered Pub. L. 95–617, title II,
§ 212, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3148.)
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of part III of the Federal
Power Act, and not as part of part I of that Act which
comprises this subchapter.
SHORT TITLE OF 2013 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 113–23, § 1(a), Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending sections 798, 823a, and
2705 of this title and enacting provisions set out as
notes preceding section 791 and under section 797 of this
title] may be cited as the ‘Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 101–575, § 1, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2834, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 2243 of Title 42,
The Public Health and Welfare, amending sections 796
and 824a–3 of this title and sections 2014, 2061, 2201, and
2284 of Title 42, and enacting provisions set out as a
note under section 796 of this title] may be cited as the
‘Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production
Incentives Act of 1990’.’’

FINDINGS

SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 113–23, § 2, Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, provided
that: ‘‘Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the hydropower industry currently employs approximately 300,000 workers across the United States;
‘‘(2) hydropower is the largest source of clean, renewable electricity in the United States;
‘‘(3) as of the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 9,
2013], hydropower resources, including pumped storage facilities, provide—
‘‘(A) nearly 7 percent of the electricity generated
in the United States; and
‘‘(B) approximately 100,000 megawatts of electric
capacity in the United States;
‘‘(4) only 3 percent of the 80,000 dams in the United
States generate electricity, so there is substantial
potential for adding hydropower generation to nonpowered dams; and
‘‘(5) according to one study, by utilizing currently
untapped resources, the United States could add approximately 60,000 megawatts of new hydropower capacity by 2025, which could create 700,000 new jobs
over the next 13 years.’’

Pub. L. 100–473, § 1, Oct. 6, 1988, 102 Stat. 2299, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [amending section 824e of this title and
enacting provisions set out as notes under section 824e
of this title] may be cited as the ‘Regulatory Fairness
Act’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 99–495, § 1(a), Oct. 16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1243, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 797b and 823b
of this title, amending sections 797, 800, 802, 803, 807, 808,
817, 823a, 824a–3, and 824j of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 797, 803, 823a,
824a–3, and 825h of this title] may be cited as the ‘Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1986’.’’

§ 792. Federal Power Commission; creation; number; appointment; term; qualifications; vacancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of
holding sessions
A commission is created and established to be
known as the Federal Power Commission (here-