2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 12A - Tennessee Valley Authority
Sec. 831e - Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 831e (2019)
Section Name §831e. Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation
Section Text

In the appointment of officials and the selection of employees for said Corporation, and in the promotion of any such employees or officials, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. Any member of said Board who is found by the President of the United States to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed from office by the President of the United States, and any appointee of said Board who is found by the Board to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed from office by said Board.

Source Credit

(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, §6, 48 Stat. 63; Pub. L. 108–447, div. C, title VI, §603(a)(2), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2966.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

2004—Pub. L. 108–447 substituted "Board" for "board" wherever appearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT

Amendment 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831e - Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation
Contains section 831e
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 48 Stat. 63
118 Stat. 2966
Public Law References Public Law 108-447
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