16 USC Ch. 12A: Front Matter
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 12A-TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 12A-TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec.
831.
Creation; short title.
831a.
Directors of the Authority.
(a)
Composition of board; appointment and designation.
(b)
Terms of office; successors.
(c)
Vacancies.
(d)
Quorums.
(e)
Citizenship; compensation; Government housing; reimbursement for expenses; outside business.
(f)
Conflicts of interest.
(g)
Function of board.
(h)
Confidence in the Authority.
831b.
Officers and employees; wages of laborers and mechanics; application of employees' compensation provisions.
831b–1.
Acceptance of services of volunteers.
831c.
Corporate powers generally; eminent domain; construction of dams, transmission lines, etc.
831c–1.
Bridges endangered or damaged by dams, etc.; compensation of and contracts with owner for protection, replacements, etc.
(a)
Structures on Tennessee River or tributaries.
(b)
Suit on contracts.
831c–2.
Civil actions for injury or loss of property or personal injury or death.
(a)
Exclusiveness of remedy.
(b)
Representation and removal.
831c–3.
Law enforcement.
(a)
Designation of law enforcement agents.
(b)
Duties and powers.
(c)
Area of jurisdiction.
(d)
Federal investigative jurisdiction and State civil and criminal jurisdiction not preempted.
(e)
Determination of adjoining areas.
(f)
Qualifications and training.
(g)
Relation to other law.
(h)
Relationship with Attorney General.
831d.
Directors; maintenance and operation of plant for production, sale, and distribution of fertilizer and power.
831e.
Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation.
831f.
Control of plants and property vested in Corporation; transfer of other property to Corporation.
831g.
Principal office of Corporation; books; directors' oath.
(a)
Location.
(b)
Account books.
(c)
Oath of office.
831h.
Annual financial statement; purchases and contracts; audit by Comptroller General.
(a)
Financial statement and report.
(b)
Bids; audits; settlements; accounts; contracts.
831h–1.
Operation of dams primarily for promotion of navigation and controlling floods; generation and sale of electricity.
831h–2.
Repealed.
831i.
Sale of surplus power; preferences; experimental work; acquisition of existing electric facilities.
831j.
Equitable distribution of surplus power among States and municipalities; improvement in production of fertilizer.
831k.
Transmission lines; construction or lease; sale of power over other than Government lines; rates when sold for resale at profit.
831k–1.
Extension of credit to States, municipalities and nonprofit organizations to assist in operation of existing facilities.
831l.
Financial assistance to States and local governments in lieu of taxation; apportionment; limitation on contracts for sale of power to municipalities; report to Congress.
831m.
Allocation and charge of value and cost of plants to particular objects; cost accounting; reports of costs of operation; sale of surplus power at profit.
831m–1.
Tennessee Valley Authority least-cost planning program.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Conduct of program.
(c)
Participation by distributors.
(d)
Public review and comment.
(e)
Exemption from certain requirements.
831n.
Bonds for future construction; amount, terms, and conditions.
831n–1.
Bonds to carry out provisions of section 831k–1; amount, terms, and conditions.
831n–2.
Bonds; limitation of issuance under sections 831n and 831n–1.
831n–3.
Use of funds; limitation of issuance.
831n–4.
Bonds for financing power program.
(a)
Authorization; amount; use of proceeds; restriction on contracts for sale or delivery of power; exchange power arrangements; payment of principal and interest; bond contracts.
(b)
Bonds not obligations of or guaranteed by United States; apportionment of proceeds.
(c)
Sale; terms and conditions; method; limitation on amount; statement in annual report.
(d)
Lawful investment; exemption from taxation.
(e)
Payment of excess power proceeds into Treasury; deferral.
(f)
Rates for sale of power; application of net proceeds.
(g)
Power property; lease and lease-purchase agreements.
(h)
Congressional declaration of intent.
831o.
Completion of unfinished plants authorized.
831p.
Repealed.
831q.
Eminent domain; contracts for relocation of railroads, highways, industrial plants, etc.
831r.
Patents; access to Patent and Trademark Office and right to copy patents; compensation to patentees.
831s.
Possession by Government in time of war; damages to contract holders.
831t.
Offenses; fines and punishment.
(a)
Larceny, embezzlement and conversion.
(b)
False entry, report or statement.
(c)
Conspiracy to defraud.
831u.
Surveys; cooperation with States or other agencies.
831v.
Legislation to carry out purposes of chapter; recommendation by President.
831w.
Acquisition of real or personal property; payment by delivery of power; sale or lease of vacant land for industrial purposes.
831x.
Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue.
831y.
Net proceeds over expense payable into Treasury.
831y–1.
Approval of plans by Board as condition precedent to construction and operation; restraining action without approval; other laws unaffected.
831z.
Authorization of appropriations.
831aa.
Laws repealed.
831bb.
Reservation of right to amend or repeal.
831cc.
Separability.
831dd.
Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in section 824k of this title; title 7 section 904; title 20 section 7702; title 28 section 1491; title 33 sections 558b, 558c.