For the purpose of maintaining and operating the properties now owned by the United States in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the interest of the National defense and for agricultural and industrial development, and to improve navigation in the Tennessee River and to control the destructive flood waters in the Tennessee River and Mississippi River Basins, there is created a body corporate by the name of the “Tennessee Valley Authority” (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”). The Board of Directors first appointed shall be deemed the incorporators, and the incorporation shall be held to have been effected from the date of the first meeting of the Board. This chapter may be cited as the “Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.”
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For the purpose of maintaining and operating the properties now owned by the United States in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the interest of the National defense and for agricultural and industrial development, and to improve navigation in the Tennessee River and to control the destructive flood waters in the Tennessee River and Mississippi River Basins, there is created a body corporate by the name of the “Tennessee Valley Authority” (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”). The Board of Directors first appointed shall be deemed the incorporators, and the incorporation shall be held to have been effected from the date of the first meeting of the Board. This chapter may be cited as the “Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.”
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§ 831. Creation; short title
For the purpose of maintaining and operating
the properties now owned by the United States
in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in
the interest of the National defense and for agri-
cultural and industrial development, and to im-
prove navigation in the Tennessee River and to
control the destructive flood waters in the Ten-
nessee River and Mississippi River Basins, there
is created a body corporate by the name of the
‘‘Tennessee Valley Authority’’ (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’). The Board of
Directors first appointed shall be deemed the
incorporators, and the incorporation shall be
held to have been effected from the date of the
first meeting of the Board. This chapter may be
cited as the ‘‘Tennessee Valley Authority Act of
1933.’’
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 1, 48 Stat. 58; Pub. L.
108–447, div. C, title VI, § 603(a), Dec. 8, 2004, 118
Stat. 2966.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2004—Pub. L. 108–447 substituted ‘‘Board of Directors’’
for ‘‘board of directors’’ and ‘‘Board’’ for ‘‘board’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT
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.
§ 831a. Membership, operation, and duties of the
Board of Directors
(a) Membership
(1) Appointment
The Board of Directors of the Corporation
(referred to in this chapter as the ‘‘Board’’)
shall be composed of 9 members appointed by
the President by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, at least 7 of whom shall be
a l