2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 12G - Pacific Northwest Federal Transmission System (Sections 838 - 838l)
Sec. 838c - Acquisition by condemnation of transmission facilities

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12G - PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEDERAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
Sec. 838c - Acquisition by condemnation of transmission facilities
Containssection 838c
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 93-454, §5, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1377.
Statutes at Large Reference88 Stat. 1377
Public and Private LawPublic Law 93-454

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16 U.S.C. § 838c (2014)
§838c. Acquisition by condemnation of transmission facilities(a) Approval by Congress; exceptions

Unless specifically authorized by Act of Congress, the Administrator shall not expend funds made available under this chapter, other than funds specifically appropriated by the Congress for such purpose, to acquire any operating transmission facility by condemnation: Provided, That this provision shall not restrict the acquisition of the right to cross such a facility by condemnation.

(b) Notice of request for approval for construction or condemnation to contracting or interconnected entities in Pacific Northwest

At least sixty days prior to the time a request for approval or authority under this section or section 838b of this title is sent to Congress, the Administrator shall give notice of such request to entities in the Pacific Northwest with which the Administrator has power sales or exchange contracts or transmission contracts or which have a transmission interconnection with the Federal transmission system.

(Pub. L. 93–454, §5, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1377.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Bonneville Power Administration transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(D), (2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, with Bonneville Power Administration to be preserved as a distinct organizational entity within Department of Energy and headed by an Administrator.

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