16 U.S.C. § 791a — Short title

Page 1364 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 791 Sec. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries FINDINGS Pub. L. 113–23, § 2, Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, provided that: ‘‘Congress finds that— ‘‘(1) the hydropower industry currently employs ap- proximately 300,000 workers across the United States; ‘‘(2) hydropower is the largest source of clean, re- newable electricity in the United States; ‘‘(3) as of the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 9, 2013], hydropower resources, including pumped stor- age facilities, provide— ‘‘(A) nearly 7 percent of the electricity generated in the United States; and ‘‘(B) approximately 100,000 megawatts of electric capacity in the United States; ‘‘(4) only 3 percent of the 80,000 dams in the United States generate electricity, so there is substantial potential for adding hydropower generation to non- powered dams; and ‘‘(5) according to one study, by utilizing currently untapped resources, the United States could add ap- proximately 60,000 megawatts of new hydropower ca- pacity by 2025, which could create 700,000 new jobs over the next 13 years.’’ SUBCHAPTER I—REGULATION OF THE DE- VELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RE- SOURCES Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CODIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION Act Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847, provided that sections 1 to 29 of the Federal Water Power Act, as amended (sections 792, 793, 794 to 797, 798 to 818, 819, and 820 to 823 of this title) shall constitute part I of the act. Said section 212 also repealed sections 25 and 30 of the act (sections 819, 791 of this title). It also contained a proviso as follows: ‘‘That nothing in that Act, as amended, shall be construed to repeal or amend the provisions of the amendment to the Federal Water Power Act approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1353 [section 797a of this title]), or the provisions of any other Act relating to national parks and national monuments.’’ § 791. Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847 Section, act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, § 30, 41 Stat. 1077, designated the act as The Federal Water Power Act. § 791a. Short title This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Power Act’’. (June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, § 321, formerly § 320, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 213, 49 Stat. 863; renumbered Pub. L. 95–617, title II, § 212, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3148.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of part III of the Federal Power Act, and not as part of part I of that Act which comprises this subchapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 2013 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 113–23, § 1(a), Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending sections 798, 823a, and 2705 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes preceding section 791 and under section 797 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Hydropower Regulatory Effi- ciency Act of 2013’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101–575, § 1, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2834, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 2243 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending sections 796 and 824a–3 of this title and sections 2014, 2061, 2201, and 2284 of Title 42, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 796 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 100–473, § 1, Oct. 6, 1988, 102 Stat. 2299, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending section 824e of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 824e of this title] may be cited as the ‘Regulatory Fairness Act’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1986 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 99–495, § 1(a), Oct. 16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1243, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 797b and 823b of this title, amending sections 797, 800, 802, 803, 807, 808, 817, 823a, 824a–3, and 824j of this title, and enacting pro- visions set out as notes under sections 797, 803, 823a, 824a–3, and 825h of this title] may be cited as the ‘Elec- tric Consumers Protection Act of 1986’.’’ § 792. Federal Power Commission; creation; num- ber; appointment; term; qualifications; va- cancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of holding sessions A commission is created and established to be known as the Federal Power Commission (here- inafter referred to as the ‘‘commission’’) which shall be composed of five commissioners who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman and shall be the principal executive officer of the commission. Each chairman, when so designated, shall act as such until the expira- tion of his term of office. The commissioners first appointed under this section, as amended, shall continue in office for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, re- spectively, from June 23, 1930, the term of each to be designated by the President at the time of nomination. Their successors shall be appointed each for a term of five years from the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed and until his successor is ap- pointed and has qualified, except that he shall not so continue to serve beyond the expiration of the next session of Congress subsequent to the expiration of said fixed term of office, and ex- cept that any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be ap- pointed only for the unexpired term. Not more than three of the commissioners shall be ap- pointed from the same political party. No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any licensee or to any person, firm, associa- tion, or corporation engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of power, or owning stock or bonds thereof, or who is in any manner pecuniarily interested therein, shall enter upon the duties of or hold the office of commissioners. Said commissioners shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or em- ployment. No vacancy in the commission shall