---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 825s–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "825s–2"
heading: "Southeastern area sale and transmission of electric power; disposition of receipts; creation of continuing funds; use of fund"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/825s-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Federal Regulation and Development of Power"
  - "Subchapter III — Licensees and Public Utilities; Procedural and Administrative Provisions"
---

# §825s–2. Southeastern area sale and transmission of electric power; disposition of receipts; creation of continuing funds; use of fund


All receipts from the transmission and sale of electric power and energy under the provisions of [section 825s of this title](/usc/16/825s.md), generated or purchased in the southeastern power [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, except that the Treasury shall set up and maintain from such receipts a continuing fund of $50,000, and said fund shall be placed to the credit of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), and shall be subject to check by him to defray emergency expenses necessary to insure continuity of electric service and continuous operation of Government facilities in said [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).


## Source credit

(Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 375, title I, § 101, 65 Stat. 249.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Power Act which generally comprises this chapter.