Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)
Chapter 12A Tennessee Valley Authority
Browse 0 units and 46 sections in Chapter 12A Tennessee Valley Authority of Title 16.
Sections in Chapter 12A
§ 831
Creation; short title
§ 831a
Membership, operation, and duties of the Board of Directors
§ 831b
Officers and employees; wages of laborers and mechanics; application of employees’ compensation provisions
§ 831b–1
Acceptance of services of volunteers
§ 831c
Corporate powers generally; eminent domain; construction of dams, transmission lines, etc.
§ 831c–1
Bridges endangered or damaged by dams, etc.; compensation of and contracts with owner for protection, replacement, etc.
§ 831c–2
Civil actions for injury or loss of property or personal injury or death
§ 831c–3
Law enforcement
§ 831d
Directors; maintenance and operation of plant for production, sale, and distribution of fertilizer and power
§ 831e
Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation
§ 831f
Control of plants and property vested in Corporation; transfer of other property to Corporation
§ 831g
Principal office of Corporation; books; directors’ oath
§ 831h
Annual financial statement; purchases and contracts; audit by Comptroller General
§ 831h–1
Operation of dams primarily for promotion of navigation and controlling floods; generation and sale of electricity
§ 831h–2
Repealed. Pub. L. 86–137, § 1, Aug. 6, 1959, 73 Stat. 280
§ 831h–3
Recreational access
§ 831i
Sale of surplus power; preferences; experimental work; acquisition of existing electric facilities
§ 831j
Equitable distribution of surplus power among States and municipalities; improvement in production of fertilizer
§ 831k
Transmission lines; construction or lease; sale of power over other than Government lines; rates when sold for resale at profit
§ 831k–1
Extension of credit to States, municipalities and nonprofit organizations to assist in operation of existing facilities
§ 831l
Financial assistance to States and local governments in lieu of taxation; apportionment; limitation on contracts for sale of power to municipalities; report to Congress
§ 831m
Allocation and charge of value and cost of plants to particular objects; cost accounting; reports of costs of operation; sale of surplus power at profit
§ 831m–1
Tennessee Valley Authority least-cost planning program
§ 831n
Bonds for future construction; amount, terms, and conditions
§ 831n–1
Bonds to carry out provisions of section 831k–1; amount, terms, and conditions
§ 831n–2
Bonds; limitation of issuance under sections 831n and 831n–1
§ 831n–3
Use of funds; limitation of issuance
§ 831n–4
Bonds for financing power program
§ 831o
Completion of unfinished plants authorized
§ 831p
Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 648
§ 831q
Eminent domain; contracts for relocation of railroads, highways, industrial plants, etc.
§ 831r
Patents; access to Patent and Trademark Office and right to copy patents; compensation to patentees
§ 831s
Possession by Government in time of war; damages to contract holders
§ 831t
Offenses; fines and punishment
§ 831u
Surveys; cooperation with States or other agencies
§ 831v
Legislation to carry out purposes of chapter; recommendation by President
§ 831w
Acquisition of real or personal property; payment by delivery of power; sale or lease of vacant land for industrial purposes
§ 831x
Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue
§ 831y
Net proceeds over expense payable into Treasury
§ 831y–1
Approval of plans by Board as condition precedent to construction and operation; restraining action without approval; other laws unaffected
§ 831z
Authorization of appropriations
§ 831aa
Laws repealed
§ 831bb
Reservation of right to amend or repeal
§ 831cc
Separability
§ 831dd
Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands
§ 831ee
Essential stewardship activities