Title 16, Chapter 12
Conservation — 227 sections
- § 1 Section 1 - Approval of plans by Board as condition precedent to construction and operation; restraining action without approval; other laws unaffected
- § 1 Section 1 - Repealed. Pub. L. 88–426, title III , § 305(36), Aug. 14, 1964 , 78 Stat. 427
- § 1 Section 1 - Southwestern area sale and transmission of electric power; disposition of receipts; creation of continuing fund; use of fund
- § 1 Section 1 - Taxation and assessments; applicability of State laws
- § 1 Section 1 - Construction of additional facilities by Secretary of Energy for mutually beneficial power sales between Pacific Northwest and California; contribution of funds by non-Federal entities
- § 1 Section 1 - Federal projects in Pacific Northwest
- § 2 Section 2 - Bonds; limitation of issuance under sections 831n and 831n–1
- § 2 Section 2 - Southeastern area sale and transmission of electric power; disposition of receipts; creation of continuing funds; use of fund
- § 2 Section 2 - Authorization of appropriations; establishment of Columbia Basin Land Development Account
- § 3 Section 3 - Use of funds; limitation of issuance
- § 3 Section 3 - Southwestern area sale at uniform systemwide rates of electric power over transmission lines constructed with appropriated funds or used under contractual arrangements
- § 3 Section 3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87–728 , § 3, Oct. 1, 1962 , 76 Stat. 678
- § 4 Section 4 - Bonds for financing power program
- § 4 Section 4 - Southwestern Power Administration; deposit and availability of advance payments
- § 4 Section 4 - General powers of Secretary of the Interior; delegation to authorized representatives
- § 5 Section 5 - Southeastern Power Administration; deposit and availability of advance payments
- § 5 Section 5 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87–728 , § 3, Oct. 1, 1962 , 76 Stat. 678
- § 6 Section 6 - Southeastern Power Administration; deposit and availability of discretionary offsetting collections
- § 7 Section 7 - Southwestern Power Administration; deposit and availability of discretionary offsetting collections
- § 8 Section 8 - Southeastern Power Administration: rates of basic and premium pay
- § 791 Section 791 - Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687 , title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847
- § 791a Section 791a - Short title
- § 792 Section 792 - Federal Power Commission; creation; number; appointment; term; qualifications; vacancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of holding sessions
- § 793 Section 793 - Appointment of officers and employees of Commission; duties, and salaries; detail of officers and employees from other departments; expenditures authorized
- § 793a Section 793a - Repealed. Pub. L. 87–367, title I , § 103(5), Oct. 4, 1961 , 75 Stat. 787
- § 795 Section 795 - Omitted
- § 796 Section 796 - Definitions
- § 797 Section 797 - General powers of Commission
- § 797a Section 797a - Congressional authorization for permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations for dams, conduits, reservoirs, etc., within national parks or monuments
- § 797b Section 797b - Duty to keep Congress fully and currently informed
- § 797c Section 797c - Dams in National Park System units
- § 797d Section 797d - Third party contracting by FERC
- § 798 Section 798 - Purpose and scope of preliminary permits; transfer and cancellation
- § 799 Section 799 - License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender
- § 800 Section 800 - Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses
- § 801 Section 801 - Transfer of license; obligations of transferee
- § 802 Section 802 - Information to accompany application for license; landowner notification
- § 803 Section 803 - Conditions of license generally
- § 804 Section 804 - Project works affecting navigable waters; requirements insertable in license
- § 805 Section 805 - Participation by Government in costs of locks, etc.
- § 806 Section 806 - Time limit for construction of project works; extension of time; termination or revocation of licenses for delay
- § 807 Section 807 - Right of Government to take over project works
- § 808 Section 808 - New licenses and renewals
- § 809 Section 809 - Temporary use by Government of project works for national safety; compensation for use
- § 810 Section 810 - Disposition of charges arising from licenses
- § 811 Section 811 - Operation of navigation facilities; rules and regulations; penalties
- § 812 Section 812 - Public-service licensee; regulations by State or by commission as to service, rates, charges, etc.
- § 813 Section 813 - Power entering into interstate commerce; regulation of rates, charges, etc.
- § 814 Section 814 - Exercise by licensee of power of eminent domain
- § 815 Section 815 - Contract to furnish power extending beyond period of license; obligations of new licensee
- § 816 Section 816 - Preservation of rights vested prior to June 10, 1920
- § 817 Section 817 - Projects not affecting navigable waters; necessity for Federal license, permit or right-of-way; unauthorized activities
- § 818 Section 818 - Public lands included in project; reservation of lands from entry
- § 819 Section 819 - Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687 , title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847
- § 820 Section 820 - Proceedings for revocation of license or to prevent violations of license
- § 821 Section 821 - State laws and water rights unaffected
- § 822 Section 822 - Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter
- § 823 Section 823 - Repeal of inconsistent laws
- § 823a Section 823a - Conduit hydroelectric facilities
- § 823b Section 823b - Enforcement
- § 823c Section 823c - Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects
- § 823d Section 823d - Alternative conditions and prescriptions
- § 823e Section 823e - Promoting hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams
- § 823f Section 823f - Closed-loop pumped storage projects
- § 823g Section 823g - Considerations for relicensing terms
- § 824 Section 824 - Declaration of policy; application of subchapter
- § 824a Section 824a - Interconnection and coordination of facilities; emergencies; transmission to foreign countries
- § 824b Section 824b - Disposition of property; consolidations; purchase of securities
- § 824c Section 824c - Issuance of securities; assumption of liabilities
- § 824e Section 824e - Power of Commission to fix rates and charges; determination of cost of production or transmission
- § 824d Section 824d - Rates and charges; schedules; suspension of new rates; automatic adjustment clauses
- § 824f Section 824f - Ordering furnishing of adequate service
- § 824h Section 824h - References to State boards by Commission
- § 824g Section 824g - Ascertainment of cost of property and depreciation
- § 824i Section 824i - Interconnection authority
- § 824j Section 824j - Wheeling authority
- § 824k Section 824k - Orders requiring interconnection or wheeling
- § 824l Section 824l - Information requirements
- § 824m Section 824m - Sales by exempt wholesale generators
- § 824n Section 824n - Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title XII , § 1232(e)(3), Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 957
- § 824p Section 824p - Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities
- § 824o Section 824o - Electric reliability
- § 824q Section 824q - Native load service obligation
- § 824r Section 824r - Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest
- § 824s Section 824s - Transmission infrastructure investment
- § 824t Section 824t - Electricity market transparency rules
- § 824u Section 824u - Prohibition on filing false information
- § 824v Section 824v - Prohibition of energy market manipulation
- § 824w Section 824w - Joint boards on economic dispatch
- § 825 Section 825 - Accounts and records
- § 825a Section 825a - Rates of depreciation; notice to State authorities before fixing
- § 825b Section 825b - Requirements applicable to agencies of United States
- § 825c Section 825c - Periodic and special reports; obstructing filing reports or keeping accounts, etc.
- § 825d Section 825d - Officials dealing in securities
- § 825e Section 825e - Complaints
- § 825f Section 825f - Investigations by Commission
- § 825g Section 825g - Hearings; rules of procedure
- § 825h Section 825h - Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders
- § 825i Section 825i - Appointment of officers and employees; compensation
- § 825j Section 825j - Investigations relating to electric energy; reports to Congress
- § 825k Section 825k - Publication and sale of reports
- § 825l Section 825l - Review of orders
- § 825m Section 825m - Enforcement provisions
- § 825n Section 825n - Forfeiture for violations; recovery; applicability
- § 825o Section 825o - Penalties for violations; applicability of section
- § 825q Section 825q - Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title XII , § 1277(a), Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 978
- § 825p Section 825p - Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties
- § 825r Section 825r - Separability
- § 825s Section 825s - Sale of electric power from reservoir projects; rate schedules; preference in sale; construction of transmission lines; disposition of moneys
- § 825t Section 825t - Utilization of power revenues
- § 825u Section 825u - Interest rate on power bonds held by Administrator of General Services
- § 828 Section 828 - Facilitation of development and construction of water conservation facilities; exemption from certain Federal requirements
- § 828b Section 828b - Exemption from formula, books and records, and project cost statement requirements; annual charges
- § 828a Section 828a - Definitions
- § 828c Section 828c - Applicability of this subchapter
- § 831 Section 831 - Creation; short title
- § 831a Section 831a - Membership, operation, and duties of the Board of Directors
- § 831aa Section 831aa - Laws repealed
- § 831b Section 831b - Officers and employees; wages of laborers and mechanics; application of employees’ compensation provisions
- § 831bb Section 831bb - Reservation of right to amend or repeal
- § 831c Section 831c - Corporate powers generally; eminent domain; construction of dams, transmission lines, etc.
- § 831cc Section 831cc - Separability
- § 831d Section 831d - Directors; maintenance and operation of plant for production, sale, and distribution of fertilizer and power
- § 831dd Section 831dd - Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands
- § 831e Section 831e - Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation
- § 831ee Section 831ee - Essential stewardship activities
- § 831f Section 831f - Control of plants and property vested in Corporation; transfer of other property to Corporation
- § 831g Section 831g - Principal office of Corporation; books; directors’ oath
- § 831h Section 831h - Annual financial statement; purchases and contracts; audit by Comptroller General
- § 831i Section 831i - Sale of surplus power; preferences; experimental work; acquisition of existing electric facilities
- § 831j Section 831j - Equitable distribution of surplus power among States and municipalities; improvement in production of fertilizer
- § 831k Section 831k - Transmission lines; construction or lease; sale of power over other than Government lines; rates when sold for resale at profit
- § 831l Section 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 Section 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
- § 831n Section 831n - Bonds for future construction; amount, terms, and conditions
- § 831o Section 831o - Completion of unfinished plants authorized
- § 831p Section 831p - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554 , § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 648
- § 831q Section 831q - Eminent domain; contracts for relocation of railroads, highways, industrial plants, etc.
- § 831r Section 831r - Patents; access to Patent and Trademark Office and right to copy patents; compensation to patentees
- § 831s Section 831s - Possession by Government in time of war; damages to contract holders
- § 831t Section 831t - Offenses; fines and punishment
- § 831u Section 831u - Surveys; cooperation with States or other agencies
- § 831v Section 831v - Legislation to carry out purposes of chapter; recommendation by President
- § 831w Section 831w - Acquisition of real or personal property; payment by delivery of power; sale or lease of vacant land for industrial purposes
- § 831x Section 831x - Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue
- § 831y Section 831y - Net proceeds over expense payable into Treasury
- § 831z Section 831z - Authorization of appropriations
- § 832 Section 832 - Completion and maintenance of project; generation of electricity
- § 832a Section 832a - General administrative provisions
- § 832b Section 832b - Definitions
- § 832c Section 832c - Distribution of electricity; preference to public bodies and cooperatives
- § 832d Section 832d - Contracts for sale of electricity
- § 832e Section 832e - Rate schedules
- § 832f Section 832f - Elements in determining rates
- § 832g Section 832g - Purchase of supplies and services
- § 832h Section 832h - Miscellaneous administrative provisions
- § 832i Section 832i - Employment of personnel
- § 832j Section 832j - Deposit of receipts; authorization of appropriations
- § 832k Section 832k - Authority of Administrator
- § 832l Section 832l - Separability
- § 832m Section 832m - Sale of excess Federal power; fish and wildlife conservation within Federal Columbia River Power System; residential exchange; personnel flexibility
- § 833 Section 833 - Completion and maintenance of project; generation of electricity
- § 833a Section 833a - Administration of project
- § 833b Section 833b - Definitions
- § 833c Section 833c - Preference to public bodies and cooperatives
- § 833d Section 833d - Rate schedules; preparation, approval, and uniformity
- § 833e Section 833e - Factors in determining rate schedules
- § 833f Section 833f - Purchase of supplies and services
- § 833g Section 833g - Miscellaneous administrative provisions
- § 833h Section 833h - Personnel; appointment and compensation
- § 833i Section 833i - Deposit of receipts; establishment of continuing fund; authorization of appropriations
- § 833j Section 833j - Suits for and against project; legal representation
- § 833k Section 833k - Separability
- § 833l Section 833l - Acquisition of Indian lands
- § 833m Section 833m - Determination of compensation for acquisition of Indian lands; funds payable from; disposition of moneys
- § 833n Section 833n - Use of deposits by allottees; nontaxability of lands
- § 833o Section 833o - Authority of Secretary of the Interior for acquisition of Indian land
- § 833p Section 833p - Reversion of title
- § 833q Section 833q - Educational costs of dependents of employees; payments to school districts; reimbursement from continuing fund
- § 835 Section 835 - Project authorized; laws applicable
- § 835b Section 835b - Repealed. Pub. L. 87–728 , § 3, Oct. 1, 1962 , 76 Stat. 678
- § 835c Section 835c - Duties of Secretary of the Interior
- § 835d Section 835d - Acquisition of Indian lands, Spokane and Colville Reservations
- § 835f Section 835f - Use of funds deposited to allottees; land and improvements
- § 835e Section 835e - Payment for lands acquired from Spokane and Colville Reservations
- § 835g Section 835g - Relocation of Indian cemeteries
- § 835h Section 835h - Acts and regulations by Secretary of the Interior
- § 835j Section 835j - Projects marketing commercial power and energy; consolidated financial statement to President and Congress; adjustment of rates to assure return of reimbursable construction costs within prescribed period
- § 835i Section 835i - Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries
- § 835k Section 835k - Return of construction costs from marketing revenues in event of inability of irrigation water users to repay within repayment period and lack of other sources of revenue
- § 835l Section 835l - Congressional declaration of financial policy; limitations on assistance; analyses and studies; “net revenues” defined
- § 835m Section 835m - Recommendations for changes in limitations on financial assistance; time and frequency of submission
- § 836 Section 836 - Authorization to license construction and operation; licensing conditions
- § 836a Section 836a - Rules governing issuance of license
- § 837 Section 837 - Definitions
- § 837a Section 837a - Limitation of sale, delivery, and exchange of electric energy and electric peaking capacity for use outside Pacific Northwest to surplus energy and surplus peaking capacity; notice to customers; inspection of contract drafts
- § 837b Section 837b - Contract terms and conditions for use of electric energy outside Pacific Northwest
- § 837c Section 837c - Contract limitations and conditions for use of electric energy and peaking capacity of plants in other marketing areas for use within Pacific Northwest
- § 837d Section 837d - Exchange contracts
- § 837e Section 837e - Transmission lines for other electric energy; rates
- § 837f Section 837f - Purchaser priority on Pacific Northwest power; amendment of existing contracts and new contracts to include priority provisions
- § 837g Section 837g - Transmission lines between Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest; prohibition against construction of lines or related facilities; exceptions of lines and facilities recommended by Secretary or authorized by Congress; authority of Secretary to construct other transmission lines unaffected
- § 837h Section 837h - Provisions not applicable to Canyon Ferry project or benefits and exchanges under Treaty between Canada and United States; preference of power users in Montana not modified
- § 838 Section 838 - Congressional findings; authority and duties of Secretary of Energy relating to Federal Columbia River Power System unaffected
- § 838a Section 838a - Definitions
- § 838b Section 838b - Operation and maintenance of Federal transmission system; construction of improvements, betterments, additions and replacements; criteria
- § 838c Section 838c - Acquisition by condemnation of transmission facilities
- § 838d Section 838d - Transmission of non-Federal power
- § 838e Section 838e - Acquisition of property
- § 838f Section 838f - Marketing of Federal power; sales agent
- § 838g Section 838g - Schedules of rates and charges for sale of Federal power and transmission of non-Federal power; confirmation and approval; criteria for modification and establishment
- § 838h Section 838h - Uniform schedules of rates and charges for sale of Federal power and transmission of non-Federal power; allocation of cost recovery
- § 838j Section 838j - Investment of excess moneys; deposit of moneys
- § 838i Section 838i - Bonneville Power Administration fund
- § 838k Section 838k - Bonneville Power Administration bonds
- § 838l Section 838l - Bonneville Power Administration refinancing
- § 838m Section 838m - Power marketing administration transmission borrowing authority
- § 838n Section 838n - Columbia Basin power management
- § 839 Section 839 - Congressional declaration of purpose
- § 839a Section 839a - Definitions
- § 839b Section 839b - Regional planning and participation
- § 839c Section 839c - Sale of power
- § 839e Section 839e - Rates
- § 839d Section 839d - Conservation and resource acquisition
- § 839f Section 839f - Administrative provisions
- § 839g Section 839g - Savings provisions
- § 839h Section 839h - Separability