Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 15 — Flood Control
§ 701j. Installation in dams of facilities for future development of hydroelectric power
Statutory text
Penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of the Army upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of Energy.
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.
Pub. L. 75–795 § 4 · 52 Stat. 1215
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 701j
June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 4, 52 Stat. 1216
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 4, 52 Stat. 1216Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. Projects adopted and authorized to be prosecuted. That the following works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters and other purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plans in the respective reports Proviso. Installation of penstocks. hereinafter designated: Provided, That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, 52 Stat. 1215, popularly known as the Flood Control Act of , which to the extent classified to the Code enacted sections 701b, 701b–1, 701b–2, 701c–1, 701f–1, 701i, 701j, 702a–1½, 702a–11, and 706 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Transfer of Functions
“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Federal Power Commission” on authority of Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), which is classified to section 7151(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Similar Provisions
Similar provisions with reference to dams authorized in such acts were contained in acts Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, § 3, 55 Stat. 639; Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, § 10, 58 Stat. 891; July 24, 1946, ch. 596, § 10, 60 Stat. 643.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain reservations, to chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
1938–1977 · 3 acts
- 1938June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 4, 52 Stat. 1216
- 1947July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501
- 1977Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), , 91 Stat. 578.
Show as published
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 4, 52 Stat. 1216; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), , 91 Stat. 578.)