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Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES › § 791a

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Title 16, §791a

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This chapter may be cited as the “Federal Power Act”.

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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.

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of 2013 Amendment Pub. L. 113–23, § 1(a), Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, provided that: “This Act [amending section 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 Efficiency Act of 2013’.”

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of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–575, § 1, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2834, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 2243 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending section 796 and 824a–3 of this title and section 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’.”

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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’.”

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of 1986 Amendment Pub. L. 99–495, § 1(a), Oct. 16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1243, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 797b and 823b of this title, amending section 797, 800, 802, 803, 807, 808, 817, 823a, 824a–3, and 824j of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 797, 803, 823a, 824a–3, and 825h of this title] may be cited as the ‘Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1986’.”

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16 U.S.C. § 791a

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