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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§833i Deposit of receipts; establishment of continuing fund; authorization of appropriations

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12C— - FORT PECK PROJECT › § 833i

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All money from selling electricity made at the Fort Peck project must go into the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The Treasury must set aside and keep a permanent $500,000 fund for the Bureau to pay operating costs, emergency expenses, and to keep generation and transmission running for power the Bureau handles. Congress may also provide more money from other available Treasury funds as needed to carry out the law, including buying and installing generators and building transmission and sales facilities.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §833i

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

All receipts from transmission and sale of electric energy generated at the Fort Peck project shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, save and except that the Treasury shall set up and maintain from such receipts a continuing fund of $500,000, to the credit of the Bureau and subject to expenditure by it, to defray the operating expense of generation and transmission of power delivered to the Bureau for disposal under this chapter, to defray emergency expenses and to insure continuous operation. There is authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including installation of equipment and machinery for the generation of electric energy, and facilities for its transmission and sale.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including

Construction

, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within Department of Energy.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 833i

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73