Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)
Subchapter I Regulation of the Development of Water Power and Resources
Browse 0 units and 45 sections in Subchapter I Regulation of the Development of Water Power and Resources of Title 16.
Sections in Subchapter I
§ 791
Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847
§ 791a
Short title
§ 792
Federal Power Commission; creation; number; appointment; term; qualifications; vacancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of holding sessions
§ 793
Appointment of officers and employees of Commission; duties, and salaries; detail of officers and employees from other departments; expenditures authorized
§ 793a
Repealed. Pub. L. 87–367, title I, § 103(5), Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 787
§ 794, 795
Omitted
§ 796
Definitions
§ 797
General powers of Commission
§ 797a
Congressional authorization for permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations for dams, conduits, reservoirs, etc., within national parks or monuments
§ 797b
Duty to keep Congress fully and currently informed
§ 797c
Dams in National Park System units
§ 797d
Third party contracting by FERC
§ 798
Purpose and scope of preliminary permits; transfer and cancellation
§ 799
License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender
§ 800
Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses
§ 801
Transfer of license; obligations of transferee
§ 802
Information to accompany application for license; landowner notification
§ 803
Conditions of license generally
§ 804
Project works affecting navigable waters; requirements insertable in license
§ 805
Participation by Government in costs of locks, etc.
§ 806
Time limit for construction of project works; extension of time; termination or revocation of licenses for delay
§ 807
Right of Government to take over project works
§ 808
New licenses and renewals
§ 809
Temporary use by Government of project works for national safety; compensation for use
§ 810
Disposition of charges arising from licenses
§ 811
Operation of navigation facilities; rules and regulations; penalties
§ 812
Public-service licensee; regulations by State or by commission as to service, rates, charges, etc.
§ 813
Power entering into interstate commerce; regulation of rates, charges, etc.
§ 814
Exercise by licensee of power of eminent domain
§ 815
Contract to furnish power extending beyond period of license; obligations of new licensee
§ 816
Preservation of rights vested prior to June 10, 1920
§ 817
Projects not affecting navigable waters; necessity for Federal license, permit or right-of-way; unauthorized activities
§ 818
Public lands included in project; reservation of lands from entry
§ 819
Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847
§ 820
Proceedings for revocation of license or to prevent violations of license
§ 821
State laws and water rights unaffected
§ 822
Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter
§ 823
Repeal of inconsistent laws
§ 823a
Conduit hydroelectric facilities
§ 823b
Enforcement
§ 823c
Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects
§ 823d
Alternative conditions and prescriptions
§ 823e
Promoting hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams
§ 823f
Closed-loop pumped storage projects
§ 823g
Considerations for relicensing terms