---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch12/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Regulation of the Development of Water Power and Resources"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch12-schI"
sections_count: 45
---

# Subchapter I — Regulation of the Development of Water Power and Resources

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 12 — Federal Regulation and Development of Power

## Sections

- [§791. Repealed.](/usc/16/791.md)
- [§791a. Short title](/usc/16/791a.md)
- [§792. Federal Power Commission; creation; number; appointment; term; qualifications; vacancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of holding sessions](/usc/16/792.md)
- [§793. Appointment of officers and employees of Commission; duties, and salaries; detail of officers and employees from other departments; expenditures authorized](/usc/16/793.md)
- [§793a. Repealed.](/usc/16/793a.md)
- [§795. Omitted](/usc/16/795.md)
- [§796. Definitions](/usc/16/796.md)
- [§797. General powers of Commission](/usc/16/797.md)
- [§797a. Congressional authorization for permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations for dams, conduits, reservoirs, etc., within national parks or monuments](/usc/16/797a.md)
- [§797b. Duty to keep Congress fully and currently informed](/usc/16/797b.md)
- [§797c. Dams in National Park System units](/usc/16/797c.md)
- [§797d. Third party contracting by FERC](/usc/16/797d.md)
- [§798. Purpose and scope of preliminary permits; transfer and cancellation](/usc/16/798.md)
- [§799. License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender](/usc/16/799.md)
- [§800. Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses](/usc/16/800.md)
- [§801. Transfer of license; obligations of transferee](/usc/16/801.md)
- [§802. Information to accompany application for license; landowner notification](/usc/16/802.md)
- [§803. Conditions of license generally](/usc/16/803.md)
- [§804. Project works affecting navigable waters; requirements insertable in license](/usc/16/804.md)
- [§805. Participation by Government in costs of locks, etc.](/usc/16/805.md)
- [§806. Time limit for construction of project works; extension of time; termination or revocation of licenses for delay](/usc/16/806.md)
- [§807. Right of Government to take over project works](/usc/16/807.md)
- [§808. New licenses and renewals](/usc/16/808.md)
- [§809. Temporary use by Government of project works for national safety; compensation for use](/usc/16/809.md)
- [§810. Disposition of charges arising from licenses](/usc/16/810.md)
- [§811. Operation of navigation facilities; rules and regulations; penalties](/usc/16/811.md)
- [§812. Public-service licensee; regulations by State or by commission as to service, rates, charges, etc.](/usc/16/812.md)
- [§813. Power entering into interstate commerce; regulation of rates, charges, etc.](/usc/16/813.md)
- [§814. Exercise by licensee of power of eminent domain](/usc/16/814.md)
- [§815. Contract to furnish power extending beyond period of license; obligations of new licensee](/usc/16/815.md)
- [§816. Preservation of rights vested prior to](/usc/16/816.md)
- [§817. Projects not affecting navigable waters; necessity for Federal license, permit or right-of-way; unauthorized activities](/usc/16/817.md)
- [§818. Public lands included in project; reservation of lands from entry](/usc/16/818.md)
- [§819. Repealed.](/usc/16/819.md)
- [§820. Proceedings for revocation of license or to prevent violations of license](/usc/16/820.md)
- [§821. State laws and water rights unaffected](/usc/16/821.md)
- [§822. Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter](/usc/16/822.md)
- [§823. Repeal of inconsistent laws](/usc/16/823.md)
- [§823a. Conduit hydroelectric facilities](/usc/16/823a.md)
- [§823b. Enforcement](/usc/16/823b.md)
- [§823c. Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects](/usc/16/823c.md)
- [§823d. Alternative conditions and prescriptions](/usc/16/823d.md)
- [§823e. Promoting hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams](/usc/16/823e.md)
- [§823f. Closed-loop pumped storage projects](/usc/16/823f.md)
- [§823g. Considerations for relicensing terms](/usc/16/823g.md)