§ 799. License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1920

   Pub. L. 66–285 · 41 Stat. 1063

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 799

   June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 6, 41 Stat. 1067

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 6, 41 Stat. 1067

2. 1996

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996

   Pub. L. 104–106 div. D title XLIII § 4321(i)(6) · 110 Stat. 186

   Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 799

   Pub. L. 104–106 struck out at end “Copies of all licenses issued under the provisions of this subchapter and calling for the payment of annual charges shall be deposited with the General Accounting Office, in compliance with section 20 of title 41.”

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–106 struck out at end “Copies of all licenses issued under the provisions of this subchapter and calling for the payment of annual charges shall be deposited with the General Accounting Office, in compliance with section 20 of title 41.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (6) The last sentence of section 6 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 799) is repealed.

   Effective date note
   For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 104–106, see section 4401 of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 2220 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

3. 1996

   General Accounting Office Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–316 title I § 108(a) · 110 Stat. 3826

   Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 799

   Pub. L. 104–316 struck out at end “Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–316 struck out at end “Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Licenses for Development of Water Resources.— Section 6 of the Federal Power Act (16 U. S. C. 799) is amended by striking the last sentence.

4. 1998

   Pub. L. 105–192 § 2 · 112 Stat. 625

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 799

   Pub. L. 105–192 inserted at end “Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 105–192 inserted at end “Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. REENACMENT OF SENTENCE IN SECTION 6. Section 6 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 799) is amended by adding the following sentence (deleted by section 108(a) of the General Accounting Office Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–316)) at the end thereof: “Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this Act, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.”.

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