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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 809
works for nonpower use. A license for nonpower
use shall be issued to a new licensee only on the
condition that the new licensee shall, before
taking possession of the facilities encompassed
thereunder, pay such amount and assume such
contracts as the United States is required to do,
in the manner specified in section 807 of this
title. Any license for nonpower use shall be a
temporary license. Whenever, in the judgment of
the Commission, a State, municipality, inter-
state agency, or another Federal agency is au-
thorized and willing to assume regulatory super-
vision of the lands and facilities included under
the nonpower license and does so, the Commis-
sion shall thereupon terminate the license. Con-
sistent with the provisions of subchapter IV of
this chapter, every licensee for nonpower use
shall keep such accounts and file such annual
and other periodic or special reports concerning
the removal, alteration, nonpower use, or other
disposition of any project works or parts thereof
covered by the nonpower use license as the Com-
mission may by rules and regulations or order
prescribe as necessary or appropriate.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 15, 41 Stat. 1072; re-
numbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II,
§ 212, 49 Stat. 847; Pub. L. 90–451, § 3, Aug. 3, 1968,
82 Stat. 617; Pub. L. 99–495, §§ 4(a), (b)(1), 5, Oct.
16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1245, 1248.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–495, § 4(a), (b)(1), des-
ignated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted ‘‘ex-
isting’’ for ‘‘original’’ wherever appearing, and added
pars. (2) and (3).
Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 99–495, §§ 4(a), 5, added sub-
secs. (b) to (e) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as
(f).
1968—Pub. L.
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Page 1384
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 809
works for nonpower use. A license for nonpower
use shall be issued to a new licensee only on the
condition that the new licensee shall, before
taking possession of the facilities encompassed
thereunder, pay such amount and assume such
contracts as the United States is required to do,
in the manner specified in section 807 of this
title. Any license for nonpower use shall be a
temporary license. Whenever, in the judgment of
the Commission, a State, municipality, inter-
state agency, or another Federal agency is au-
thorized and willing to assume regulatory super-
vision of the lands and facilities included under
the nonpower license and does so, the Commis-
sion shall thereupon terminate the license. Con-
sistent with the provisions of subchapter IV of
this chapter, every licensee for nonpower use
shall keep such accounts and file such annual
and other periodic or special reports concerning
the removal, alteration, nonpower use, or other
disposition of any project works or parts thereof
covered by the nonpower use license as the Com-
mission may by rules and regulations or order
prescribe as necessary or appropriate.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 15, 41 Stat. 1072; re-
numbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II,
§ 212, 49 Stat. 847; Pub. L. 90–451, § 3, Aug. 3, 1968,
82 Stat. 617; Pub. L. 99–495, §§ 4(a), (b)(1), 5, Oct.
16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1245, 1248.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–495, § 4(a), (b)(1), des-
ignated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted ‘‘ex-
isting’’ for ‘‘original’’ wherever appearing, and added
pars. (2) and (3).
Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 99–495, §§ 4(a), 5, added sub-
secs. (b) to (e) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as
(f).
1968—Pub. L. 90–451 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–495 effective with respect
to each license, permit, or exemption issued under this
chapter after Oct. 16, 1986, see section 18 of Pub. L.
99–495, set out as a note under section 797 of this title.
§ 809. Temporary use by Government of project
works for national safety; compensation for
use
When in the opinion of the President of the
United States, evidenced by a written order ad-
dressed to the holder of any license under this
chapter, the safety of the United States de-
mands it, the United States shall have the right
to enter upon and take possession of any project
or part thereof, constructed, maintained, or op-
erated under said license, for the purpose of
manufacturing nitrates, explosives, or muni-
tions of war, or for any other purpose involving
the safety of the United States, to retain posses-
sion, management, and control thereof for such
length of time as may appear to the President to
be necessary to accomplish said purposes, and
then to restore possession and control to the
party or parties entitled thereto; and in the
event that the United States shall exercise such
right it shall pay to the party or parties entitled
thereto just and fair compensation for the use of
said property as may be fixed by the commission
upon the basis of a reasonable profit in time of
peace, and the cost of restoring said property to
as good condition as existed at the time of the
taking over thereof, less the reasonable value of
any improvements that may be made thereto by
the United States and which are valuable and
serviceable to the licensee.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 16, 41 Stat. 1072; re-
numbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II,
§ 212, 49 Stat. 847.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TERMINATION OF WAR AND EMERGENCIES
Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, § 3, 61 Stat. 451, pro-
vided that in the interpretation of this section, the
date July 25, 1947, shall be deemed to be the date of ter-
mination of any state of war theretofore declared by
Congress and of the national emergencies proclaimed
by the President on September 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941.
§ 810. Disposition of charges arising from li-
censes
(a) Receipts from charges
All proceeds from any Indian reservation shall
be placed to the credit of the Indians of such res-
ervation. All other charges arising from licenses
hereunder, except charges fixed by the Commis-
sion for the purpose of reimbursing the United
States for the costs of administration of this
subchapter, shall be paid into the Treasury of
the United States, subject to the following dis-
tribution: 121⁄2 per centum thereof is hereby ap-
propriated to be paid into the Treasury of the
United States and credited to ‘‘Miscellaneous re-
ceipts’’; 50 per centum of the charges arising
from licenses hereunder for the occupancy and
use of public lands and national forests shall be
paid into, reserved, and appropriated as a part of
the reclamation fund created by the Act of Con-
gress known as the Reclamation Act, approved
June 17, 1902; and 371⁄2 per centum of the charges
arising from licenses hereunder for the occu-
pancy and use of national forests and public
lands from development within the boundaries
of any State shall be paid by the Secretary of
the Treasury to such State; and 50 per centum of
the charges arising from all other licenses here-
under is reserved and appropriated as a special
fund in the Treasury to be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army in the
maintenance and operation of dams and other
navigation structures owned by the United
States or in the construction, maintenance, or
operation of headwater or other improvements
of navigable waters of the United States. The
proceeds of charges made by the Commission for
the purpose of reimbursing the United States for
the costs of the administration of this sub-
chapter shall be paid into the Treasury of the
United States and credited to miscellaneous re-
ceipts.
(b) Delinquent payments
In case of delinquency on the part of any li-
censee in the payment of annual charges a pen-
alty of 5 per centum of the total amount so de-
linquent may be added to the total charges
which shall apply for the first month or part of
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 811
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘section’’.
month so delinquent with an additional penalty
of 3 per centum for each subsequent month until
the total of the charges and penalties are paid or
until the license is canceled and the charges and
penalties satisfied in accordance with law.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 17, 41 Stat. 1072; re-
numbered pt. I and amended, Aug. 26, 1935, ch.
687, title II, §§ 208, 212, 49 Stat. 845, 847; July 26,
1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Act of Congress known as the Reclamation Act,
approved June 17, 1902, referred to in subsec. (a), prob-
ably means act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388,
which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.)
of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under
section 371 of Title 43 and Tables. The reclamation fund
created by that Act was established by section 391 of
Title 43.
AMENDMENTS
1935—Act Aug. 26, 1935, § 208, amended section gen-
erally, designating existing provisions as subsec. (a),
inserting ‘‘except charges fixed by the Commission for
the purpose of reimbursing the United States for the
costs of administration of this Part,’’, substituting
‘‘national forests’’ for ‘‘national monuments, national
forests, and national parks’’ wherever appearing, in-
serting last sentence relating to payment of proceeds of
charges into Treasury, and adding subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the
Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec-
retary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July
26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en-
acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010
to 3013 continued military Department of the Army
under administrative supervision of Secretary of the
Army.
§ 811. Operation of navigation facilities; rules
and regulations; penalties
The Commission shall require the construc-
tion, maintenance, and operation by a licensee
at its own expense of such lights and signals as
may be directed by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating, and
such fishways as may be prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Com-
merce, as appropriate. The license applicant and
any party to the proceeding shall be entitled to
a determination on the record, after opportunity
for an agency trial-type hearing of no more than
90 days, on any disputed issues of material fact
with respect to such fishways. All disputed
issues of material fact raised by any party shall
be determined in a single trial-type hearing to
be conducted by the relevant resource agency in
accordance with the regulations promulgated
under this subsection 1
and within the time
frame established by the Commission for each li-
cense proceeding. Within 90 days of August 8,
2005, the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce,
and Agriculture shall establish jointly, by rule,
the procedures for such expedited trial-type
hearing, including the opportunity to undertake
discovery and cross-examine witnesses, in con-
sultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. The operation of any navigation
facilities which may be constructed as a part of
or in connection with any dam or diversion
structure built under the provisions of this
chapter, whether at the expense of a licensee
hereunder or of the United States, shall at all
times be controlled by such reasonable rules and
regulations in the interest of navigation, includ-
ing the control of the level of the pool caused by
such dam or diversion structure as may be made
from time to time by the Secretary of the Army;
and for willful failure to comply with any such
rule or regulation such licensee shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished as provided in section
825o of this title.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 18, 41 Stat. 1073; re-
numbered pt. I and amended, Aug. 26, 1935, ch.
687, title II, §§ 209, 212, 49 Stat. 845, 847; 1939
Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R.
2731, 53 Stat. 1433; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
§ 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; June 4, 1956, ch. 351, § 2, 70
Stat. 226; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970,
35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 109–58, title II,
§ 241(b), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 674.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted after first sentence ‘‘The
license applicant and any party to the proceeding shall
be entitled to a determination on the record, after op-
portunity for an agency trial-type hearing of no more
than 90 days, on any disputed issues of material fact
with respect to such fishways. All disputed issues of
material fact raised by any party shall be determined
in a single trial-type hearing to be conducted by the
relevant resource agency in accordance with the regu-
lations promulgated under this subsection and within
the time frame established by the Commission for each
license proceeding. Within 90 days of August 8, 2005, the
Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, and Agriculture
shall establish jointly, by rule, the procedures for such
expedited trial-type hearing, including the opportunity
to undertake discovery and cross-examine witnesses, in
consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission.’’
1956—Act June 4, 1956, substituted ‘‘Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating’’ for
‘‘Secretary of War’’ in first sentence.
1935—Act Aug. 26, 1935, § 209, amended section gen-
erally, inserting first sentence, striking out ‘‘Such
rules and regulations may include the maintenance and
operation of such licensee at its own expense of such
lights and signals as may be directed by the Secretary
of War, and such fishways as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of Commerce.’’, and substituting section
‘‘825o’’ for section ‘‘819’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the
Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec-
retary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July
26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en-
acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010
to 3013 continued military Department of the Army
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**(a) Receipts from charges** All proceeds from any Indian reservation shall be placed to the credit of the Indians of such reservation. All other charges arising from licenses hereunder, except charges fixed by the Commission for the purpose of reimbursing the United States for the costs of administration of this subchapter, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, subject to the following distribution: 12½ per centum thereof is hereby appropriated to be paid into the Treasury of the United States and credited to “Miscellaneous receipts”; 50 per centum of the charges arising from licenses hereunder for the occupancy and use of public lands and national forests shall be paid into, reserved, and appropriated as a part of the reclamation fund created by the Act of Congress known as the Reclamation Act, approved June 17, 1902; and 37½ per centum of the charges arising from licenses hereunder for the occupancy and use of national forests and public lands from development within the boundaries of any State shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to such State; and 50 per centum of the charges arising from all other licenses hereunder is reserved and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army in the maintenance and operation of dams and other navigation structures owned by the United States or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of headwater or other improvements of navigable waters of the United States. The proceeds of charges made by the Commission for the purpose of reimbursing the United States for the costs of the administration of this subchapter shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and credited to miscellaneous receipts.
**(b) Delinquent payments** In cas
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