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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 12A — Tennessee Valley Authority

§ 831f. Control of plants and property vested in Corporation; transfer of other property to Corporation

Statutory text

In order to enable the Corporation to exercise the powers and duties vested in it by this chapter—

(a)

The exclusive use, possession, and control of the United States nitrate plants numbered 1 and 2, including steam plants, located, respectively, at Sheffield, Alabama, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, together with all real estate and buildings connected therewith, all tools and machinery, equipment, accessories, and materials belonging thereto, and all laboratories and plants used as auxiliaries thereto; the fixed-nitrogen research laboratory, the Waco limestone quarry, in Alabama, and Dam Numbered 2, located at Muscle Shoals, its power house, and all hydroelectric and operating appurtenances (except the locks), and all machinery, lands, and buildings in connection therewith, and all appurtenances thereof, and all other property to be acquired by the Corporation in its own name or in the name of the United States of America, are intrusted to the Corporation for the purposes of this chapter.

(b)

The President of the United States is authorized to provide for the transfer to the Corporation of the use, possession, and control of such other real or personal property of the United States as he may from time to time deem necessary and proper for the purposes of the Corporation as herein stated.

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. Pub. L. 73–32 § 7 · 48 Stat. 58

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 831f

    (May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 7, 48 Stat. 63.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 7, 48 Stat. 63.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 7. In order to enable the Corporation to exercise the powers Powers and duties vested in Corporation. and duties vested in it by this Act— (a) The exclusive use, possession, and control of the United Designated property, etc., intrusted. States nitrate plants numbered 1 and 2, including steam plants, located, respectively, at Sheffield, Alabama, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, together with all real estate and buildings connected therewith, all tools and machinery, equipment, accessories, and materials belonging thereto, and all laboratories and plants used as auxiliaries thereto; the fixed-nitrogen research laboratory, the Waco limestone quarry, in Alabama, and Dam Numbered 2, located at Muscle Shoals, its power house, and all hydroelectric and operating appurtenances (except the locks), and all machinery, lands, and buildings in connection therewith, and all appurtenances thereof, and all other property to be acquired by the Corporation in its own name or in the name of the United States of America, are hereby intrusted to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act. (b) The President of the United States is authorized to provide Transfer of other property. for the transfer to the Corporation of the use, possession, and control of such other real or personal property of the United States as he may from time to time deem necessary and proper for the purposes of the Corporation as herein stated.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions

Authority of President under subsection (b) of this section to provide for transfer to Tennessee Valley Authority of use, possession, and control of real or personal property of United States deemed by Administrator of General Services to be necessary and proper for purposes of that Authority as provided for in this section, delegated to Administrator of General Services, see section 1(17) of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, , 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

Credits

(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 7, 48 Stat. 63.)

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