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§831q Eminent Domain; Contracts for Relocation of Railroads, Highways, Industrial Plants, Etc.

Title 16 › Chapter 12A— TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY › § 831q

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Board take land and get rights to use land and water needed to build Cove Creek Dam and its reservoir. They can make deals with states, counties, cities, agencies, railroads, utilities, and private parties to move tracks, roads, bridges, mills, ferries, power plants, or any other things that must be removed. After the dam, transmission line, and power house are built, the Corporation will run them as part of the Tennessee Valley project to help control floods and aid river navigation.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §831q

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In order to enable and empower the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Board to carry out the authority conferred in this chapter, in the most economical and efficient manner, he or it is authorized and empowered in the exercise of the powers of national defense in aid of navigation, and in the control of the flood waters of the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, constituting channels of interstate commerce, to exercise the right of eminent domain for all purposes of this chapter, and to condemn all lands, easements, rights of way, and other area necessary in order to obtain a site for said Cove Creek Dam, and the flowage rights for the reservoir of water above said dam, and to negotiate and conclude contracts with States, counties, municipalities, and all State agencies and with railroads, railroad corporations, common carriers, and all public utility commissions and any other person, firm, or corporation, for the relocation of railroad tracks, highways, highway bridges, mills, ferries, electric-light plants, and any and all other properties, enterprises, and projects whose removal may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter. When said Cove Creek Dam, transmission line, and power house shall have been completed, the possession, use, and control thereof shall be intrusted to the Corporation for use and operation in connection with the general Tennessee Valley project, and to promote flood control and navigation in the Tennessee River.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “Board” for “board” in first sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

Effective Date

of 2004 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–447 effective on the later of the date on which at least three persons nominated under section 604(a) of Pub. L. 108–447 take office or May 18, 2005, see section 604(b) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out in an Appointments;

Effective Date

Transition note under section 831a of this title. Completion of DamThe site for the Cove Creek Dam has been obtained and the dam completed.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 831q

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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