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§460lll–49 Tennessee Valley Authority transfer funding

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXIII— - LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES PROTECTION › Part Part C— - Transfer Provisions › § 460lll–49

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to use money from seven specific sources to pay for the transfer. Those sources cover nonpower fund balances and collections, investment returns from nonpower programs, program savings in power and nonpower areas, savings from suspending bonuses and awards, cuts to memberships and contributions, higher collections from nonpower activities (like user fees), and higher charges to public and private utilities and direct load customers. These funds may be used even if sections 11, 14, 15, or 29 (16 U.S.C. 831j, 831m, 831n, 831bb) of the TVA Act or any power bond covenants would otherwise limit them. The budget changes must be made so that the net spending authority and outlays for these activities do not exceed $0 for the first fiscal year of the transfer and for each fiscal year after. The Chairman of the TVA must send an itemized list to the Committee on Appropriations of the House and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate showing how much spending was cut and how much extra money was collected for the first fiscal year of the transfer. That report is due within 30 days after the date of transfer under section 460lll–41, and a second, similar itemized list is due within 24 months after the transfer’s effective date.

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Title 16, §460lll–49

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(a)The funding described in this section is funding derived from only 1 or more of the following sources:
(1)Nonpower fund balances and collections.
(2)Investment returns of the nonpower program.
(3)Applied programmatic savings in the power and nonpower programs.
(4)Savings from the suspension of bonuses and awards.
(5)Savings from reductions in memberships and contributions.
(6)Increases in collections resulting from nonpower activities, including user fees.
(7)Increases in charges to private and public utilities both investor and cooperatively owned, as well as to direct load customers.
(b)Funds from the sources described in subsection (a) shall be available notwithstanding section 11, 14, 15, or 29 [16 U.S.C. 831j, 831m, 831n, 831bb] or any other provision of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.) or any provisions of the covenants contained in any power bonds issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(c)The savings from and the revenue adjustment to the budget of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the first fiscal year of the transfer and each fiscal year thereafter shall be sufficient so that the net spending authority and resulting outlays to carry out activities with funding described in subsection (a) shall not exceed $0 for the first fiscal year of the transfer and each fiscal year thereafter.
(d)(1)Not later than 30 days after the date of transfer pursuant to section 460lll–41 of this title, the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate an itemized list of the amounts of reductions in spending and increases in receipts that are proposed to be made as a result of activities under this subsection during the first fiscal year of the transfer.
(2)Not later than 24 months after the effective date of the transfer, the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate an itemized list of the amounts of reductions in spending and increases in receipts as a result of activities under this subsection during the first fiscal year of the transfer.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, referred to in subsec. (b), is act May 18, 1933, ch. 32, 48 Stat. 58, which is classified generally to chapter 12A (§ 831 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 831 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460lll–49

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73