Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§833i Deposit of Receipts; Establishment of Continuing Fund; Authorization of Appropriations
Title 16 › Chapter 12C— FORT PECK PROJECT › § 833i
Summary
All money from selling power at the Fort Peck project must go into the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, but the Treasury must set aside a $500,000 fund from those receipts for the Bureau to use for operating costs, emergency expenses, and keeping power running. Congress may approve more Treasury money as needed to carry out the law, including buying and installing equipment and building transmission and sale facilities.
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Title 16, §833i
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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.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 833i
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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