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§831y Net Proceeds Over Expense Payable Into Treasury

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting July 1, 1936, money the Board gets each fiscal year from selling power, products, property, or other Corporation activities must be paid into the U.S. Treasury on March 31. The Board may keep whatever it needs to run dams and reservoirs, to generate and deliver electricity, and to make and sell fertilizer and ingredients. The Board may also hold a $1,000,000 fund for emergencies and to keep operations running. Money earned before July 1, 1936 may be used after June 30, 1936 to pay debts legally made before that date.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §831y

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Commencing July 1, 1936, the proceeds for each fiscal year derived by the Board from the sale of power or any other products manufactured by the Corporation, and from any other activities of the Corporation including the disposition of any real or personal property, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States on March 31 of each year, save and except such part of such proceeds as in the opinion of the Board shall be necessary for the Corporation in the operation of dams and reservoirs, in conducting its business in generating, transmitting, and distributing electric energy and in manufacturing, selling, and distributing fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients. A continuing fund of $1,000,000 is also excepted from the requirements of this section and may be withheld by the Board to defray emergency expenses and to insure continuous operation: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the use by the Board, after June 30, 1936, of proceeds accruing prior to July 1, 1936, for the payment of obligations lawfully incurred prior to such latter date.

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Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “on March 31 of each year” for “at the end of each calendar year”. 1935—Act Aug. 31, 1935, amended section generally.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 831y

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60