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16 U.S.C. § 831dd — Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands

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16 U.S.C. § 831dd — Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands

This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes of Congress to provide for the disposition of and make needful rules and regulations respecting Government properties entrusted to the Authority, provide for the national defense, improve navigation, control destructive floods, and promote interstate commerce and the general welfare, but no real estate shall be held except what is necessary in the opinion of the Board to carry out plans and projects actually decided upon requiring the use of such land: Provided, That any land purchased by the Authority and not necessary to carry out plans and projects actually decided upon shall be sold by the Authority as agent of the United States, after due advertisement, at public auction to the highest bidder.

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16 U.S.C. § 831c — Corporate powers generally; eminent domain; construction of dams, transmission lines, etc.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the Corporation— **(a)** Shall have succession in its corporate name. **(b)** May sue and be sued in its corporate name. **(c)** May adopt and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed. **(d)** May make contracts, as herein authorized. **(e)** May adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws. **(f)** May purchase or lease and hold such real and personal property as it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction of its business, and may dispose of any such personal property held by it.The Board shall select a treasurer and as many assistant treasurers as it deems proper: Provided, That any member of said Board may be removed from office at any time by a concurrent resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives. **(g)** Shall have such powers as may be necessary or appropriate for the exercise of the powers herein specifically conferred upon the Corporation. **(h)** Shall have power in the name of the United States of America to exercise the right of eminent domain, and in the purchase of any real estate or the acquisition of real estate by condemnation proceedings, the title to such real estate shall be taken in the name of the United States of America, and thereupon all such real estate shall be entrusted to the Corporation as the agent of the United States to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. **(i)** Shall have power to acquire real estate for the construction of dams, reservoirs, transmission lines, power houses, and other structures, and navigation projects at any point along the Tennessee River, or any of its tributaries, and in the event that the owner or owners of such property shall fail and refuse to sell to the Corporation at a price deemed fair and reasonable by the Boa

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16 U.S.C. § 831dd — Liberal construction of chapter; sale of

Page 1478 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 831dd (May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 30, 48 Stat. 72; Aug. 31, 1935, ch. 836, § 15, 49 Stat. 1081.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1935—Act Aug. 31, 1935, reenacted provisions of this section without change. § 831dd. Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes of Congress to provide for the disposition of and make needful rules and regulations respecting Government properties entrusted to the Authority, provide for the na- tional defense, improve navigation, control de- structive floods, and promote interstate com- merce and the general welfare, but no real es- tate shall be held except what is necessary in the opinion of the Board to carry out plans and projects actually decided upon requiring the use of such land: Provided, That any land purchased by the Authority and not necessary to carry out plans and projects actually decided upon shall be sold by the Authority as agent of the United States, after due advertisement, at public auc- tion to the highest bidder. (May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 31, as added Aug. 31, 1935, ch. 836, § 12, 49 Stat. 1080.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION As originally enacted, the last sentence of this sec- tion contained, at the end thereof, the words ‘‘or at pri- vate sale as provided in section 3 of this amendatory Act.’’ Section 3 of the amendatory act of Aug. 31, 1935, added subsec. (k) to section 831c of this title. § 831ee. Essential stewardship activities For essential stewardship activities for which appropriations were provided to the Tennessee Valley Authority in Public Law 104–206, such sums as are necessary in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, to be derived only from one or more of the following sources:

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