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33 U.S.C. § 984 — General powers of Corporation
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**(a)** For the purpose of carrying out its functions under this chapter the Corporation—
(1) shall have succession in its corporate name;
(2) may adopt and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed;
(3) may sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(4) may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be conducted and the powers vested in it may be exercised;
(5) may make and carry out such contracts or agreements as are necessary or advisable in the conduct of its business;
(6) shall be held to be an inhabitant and resident of the northern judicial district of New York within the meaning of the laws of the United States relating to venue of civil suits;
(7) may appoint and fix the compensation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, of such officers, attorneys, and employees as may be necessary for the conduct of its business, define their authority and duties, and delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Corporation as the Administrator may determine;
(8) may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or donation such real and personal property and any interest therein, and may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such real and personal property, as the Administrator deems necessary for the conduct of its business;
(9) shall determine the character of and the necessity for its obligations and expenditures, and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed and paid, subject to provisions of law specifically applicable to Government corporations;
(10) may retain toll revenues for purposes of eventual reinvestment in the Seaway.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(11) may provide services and facili
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**(a)** For the purpose of carrying out its functions under this chapter the Corporation—
(1) shall have succession in its corporate name;
(2) may adopt and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed;
(3) may sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(4) may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be conducted and the powers vested in it may be exercised;
(5) may make and carry out such contracts or agreements as are necessary or advisable in the conduct of its business;
(6) shall be held to be an inhabitant and resident of the northern judicial district of New York within the meaning of the laws of the United States relating to venue of civil suits;
(7) may appoint and fix the compensation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, of such officers, attorneys, and employees as may be necessary for the conduct of its business, define their authority and duties, and delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Corporation as the Administrator may determine;
(8) may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or donation such real and personal property and any interest therein, and may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such real and personal property, as the Administrator deems necessary for the conduct of its business;
(9) shall determine the character of and the necessity for its obligations and expenditures, and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed and paid, subject to provisions of law specifically applicable to Government corporations;
(10) may retain toll revenues for purposes of eventual reinvestment in the Seaway.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(11) may provide services and facilities necessary in the maintenance and operation of the seaway, including but not limited to providing, at reasonable prices, services to vessels using the seaway and to visitors to the seaway, but not to include overnight housing accommodations for visitors;
(12) may participate with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, or its designee, in the ownership and operation of a toll bridge company: Provided, That the United States’ portion of the revenue from the tolls charged to the users of any toll bridge operated under this section shall be applied solely to the cost of the bridge and approaches, including maintenance and operation, amortization of principal and interest, as established by the Secretary of the Treasury; and
(13) 22 So in original. There are two pars. designated (13). shall be credited with amounts received from any of the activities authorized by clauses (10) and (11) 33 Clauses (10), (11), and (12) redesignated (11), (12), and (13) by Pub. L. 97–369. of this subsection.
(13) 2 shall accept such amounts as may be transferred to the Corporation under [section 9505(c)(1) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9505/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim), except that such amounts shall be available only for the purpose of operating and maintaining those works which the Corporation is obligated to operate and maintain under subsection (a) of [section 983 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section983&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Amounts credited under subsection (a)(12) 3 are available to pay any obligation or expense of the Corporation under this chapter, except as specifically provided in subsection (a)(11).3
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**(a)** Notwithstanding [section 988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section988&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law, the Corporation shall not collect any charge or toll established pursuant to [section 988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section988&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to a commercial vessel (as defined in [section 4462(a)(4) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section4462/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b)** The Corporation will maintain a record of the annual amount of each charge or toll that would have been collected with respect to each such commercial vessel if it were not for paragraph (a) of this section.
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**(a) Construction of deep-water navigation works in Saint Lawrence River; conditions precedent** The Corporation is authorized and directed to construct, in United States territory, deep-water navigation works substantially in accordance with the “Controlled single stage project, 238–242” (with a controlling depth of twenty-seven feet in channels and canals and locks at least eight hundred feet long, eighty feet wide, and thirty feet over the sills), designated as “works solely for navigation” in the joint report dated January 3, 1941, of the Canadian Temporary Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Basin Committee and the United States Saint Lawrence Advisory Committee, in the International Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River together with necessary dredging in the Thousand Islands section; and to operate and maintain such works in coordination with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, created by chapter 24 of the acts of the fifth session of the Twenty-first Parliament of Canada 15–16, George VI (assented to December 21, 1951): Provided, That the Corporation shall not proceed with the aforesaid construction unless and until—
(1) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, provides assurances satisfactory to the Corporation that it will complete the Canadian portions of the navigation works authorized by section 10, chapter 24 of the acts of the fifth session of the Twenty-first Parliament of Canada 15–16, George VI, 1951, as nearly as possible concurrently with the completion of the works authorized by this section;
(2) the Corporation has received assurances satisfactory to it that the State of New York, or an entity duly designated by it, or other licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in conjunction with an appropriate agency in Canada, as
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Whoever intentionally destroys, seriously damages, alters, moves, or tampers with any aid to maritime navigation maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation under the authority of section 4 of the Act of May 13, 1954 ([33 U.S.C. 984](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section984&num=0&edition=prelim)), by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 81 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14, United States Code, or lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to [section 83 of title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section83&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, if such act endangers or is likely to endanger the safe navigation of a ship, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 984
1 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
2 So in original. There are two pars. designated (13).
3 Clauses (10), (11), and (12) redesignated (11), (12), and (13) by
Pub. L. 97–369.
tivities with those of the Saint Lawrence Sea-
way Authority of Canada and the entity des-
ignated by the State of New York, or other li-
censee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission, authorized to construct and operate the
dams and power works authorized by the Inter-
national Joint Commission in its order of Octo-
ber 29, 1952 (docket 68) or any amendment or
modification thereof.
(May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 3, 68 Stat. 93; Pub. L.
95–91, title IV, § 402(a)(1)(A), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat.
583.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
‘‘Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission’’
sub-
stituted for ‘‘Federal Power Commission’’ in subsecs.
(a)(2) and (b), on authority of Pub. L. 95–91, title IV,
§ 402(a)(1)(A), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 583, which is classi-
fied to section 7172(a)(1)(A) of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare.
§ 984. General powers of Corporation
(a) For the purpose of carrying out its func-
tions under this chapter the Corporation—
(1) shall have succession in its corporate
name;
(2) may adopt and use a corporate seal,
which shall be judicially noticed;
(3) may sue and be sued in its corporate
name;
(4) may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws,
rules, and regulations governing the manner
in which its business may be conducted and
the powers vested in it may be exercised;
(5) may make and carry out such contracts
or agreements as are necessary or advisable in
the conduct of its business;
(6) shall be held to be an inhabitant and resi-
dent of the norther
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