§ 831q. Eminent domain; contracts for relocation of railroads, highways, industrial plants, etc.

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. 1933

   Pub. L. 73–32 § 18 · 48 Stat. 58

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 831q

   May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 18, 48 Stat. 67

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 18, 48 Stat. 67

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 18. In order to enable and empower the Secretary of War, Cove Creek Dam. Authority of Board, etc., to exercise right of eminent domain to obtain site for. the Secretary of the Interior, or the board to carry out the authority hereby conferred, in the most economical and efficient manner, he or it is hereby authorized and empowered in the exercise of the powers of national defense in aid of navigation, and in the control Condemnation proceedings. of the flood waters of the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, constituting channels of interstate commerce, to exercise the right of eminent domain for all purposes of this Act, and to condemn all lands, easements, rights of way, and other area necessary in order to obtain a site for said Cove Creek Dam, and the flowage rights for the reservoir of water above said dam, and to negotiate and conclude Contracts with States, etc., for relocation of property. contracts with States, counties, municipalities, and all State agencies and with railroads, railroad corporations, common carriers, and all public utility commissions and any other person, firm, or corporation, for the relocation of railroad tracks, highways, highway bridges, mills, ferries, electric-light plants, and any and all other Control of completed project. properties, enterprises, and projects whose removal may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. When said Cove Creek Dam, transmission line, and power house shall have been completed, the possession, use, and control thereof shall be intrusted to the Corporation for use and operation in connection with the general Tennessee Valley project, and to promote flood control and navigation in the Tennessee River.

2. 2004

   Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

   Pub. L. 108–447 div. C title VI § 603(a)(2) · 118 Stat. 2809

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 831q

   Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “Board” for “board” in first sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “Board” for “board” in first sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 effective on the later of the date on which at least three persons nominated under section 604(a) of Pub. L. 108–447 take office or May 18, 2005, see section 604(b) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out in an Appointments; Effective Date; Transition note under section 831a of this title.

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