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 Editorial Notes CODIFICATION As originally enacted, the last sentence of this sec- tion contained, at the end thereof, the words ‘‘or at pri- vate sale as provided in section 3 of this amendatory Act.’’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: nonpower fund balances and collections; investment returns of the nonpower program; applied programmatic sav- ings in the power and nonpower programs; sav- ings from the suspension of bonuses and awards; savings from reductions in memberships and contributions; increases in collections resulting from nonpower activities, including user fees; or increases in charges to private and public utili- ties both investor and cooperatively owned, as well as to direct load customers: Provided, That such funds are available to fund the stewardship activities under this section, notwithstanding sections 11, 14, 15, 29 [16 U.S.C. 831j, 831m, 831n, 831bb], or other provisions of the Tennessee Val- ley Authority Act [16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.], as amended, or provisions of the TVA power bond covenants: Provided further, That the savings from, and revenue adjustments to, the TVA budget in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter shall be sufficient to fund the aforementioned steward- ship activities such that the net spending au- thority and resulting outlays for these activities shall not exceed $0 in fiscal year 1999 and there- after. (Pub. L. 105–62, title IV, Oct. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1338.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Public Law 104–206, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 104–206, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 2984, known as the En- ergy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act, referred to in text, probably means the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, act May 18, 1933, ch. 32, 48 Stat. 58, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 831 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998, and not as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 which comprises this chapter. CHAPTER 12B—BONNEVILLE PROJECT Sec. 832. Completion and maintenance of project; gen- eration of electricity. 832a. General administrative provisions. 832a–1. Repealed. 832b. Definitions. 832c. Distribution of electricity; preference to pub- lic bodies and cooperatives. 832d. Contracts for sale of electricity. 832e. Rate schedules. 832f. Elements in determining rates. 832g. Purchase of supplies and services. 832h. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. 832i. Employment of personnel. 832j. Deposit of receipts; authorization of appro- priations. 832k. Authority of Administrator. 832l. Separability. 832m. Sale of excess Federal power; fish and wildlife conservation within Federal Columbia River Power System; residential exchange; personnel flexibility. § 832. Completion and maintenance of project; generation of electricity For the purpose of improving navigation on the Columbia River, and for other purposes inci- dental thereto, the dam, locks, power plant, and appurtenant works under construction on Au- gust 20, 1937, at Bonneville, Oregon and North Bonneville, Washington (called Bonneville project in this chapter), shall be completed, maintained, and operated under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, subject to the provi- sions of this chapter relating to the powers and duties of the Bonneville power administrator provided for in section 832a(a) of this title (called the administrator in this chapter) re- specting the transmission and sale of electric energy generated at said project. The Secretary of the Army shall provide, construct, operate, maintain, and improve at Bonneville project such machinery, equipment, and facilities for the generation of electric energy as the adminis- trator may deem necessary to develop such elec- tric energy as rapidly as markets may be found therefor. The electric energy thus generated and not required for the operation of the dam and