Title 16 › CHAPTER 12 — FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › SUBCHAPTER I — REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES › § 799
A license is issued for no more than 50 years. The license holder must accept all the chapter’s terms and any extra conditions the Commission adds, and those terms will be written into the license. A license can only be revoked for the reasons and by the procedures this chapter sets, and it can be changed or given up only if both the license holder and the Commission agree after at least 30 days of public notice.
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16 U.S.C. § 799
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102