---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch12A"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 12A"
heading: "Tennessee Valley Authority"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch12A"
sections_count: 46
---

# Chapter 12A — Tennessee Valley Authority

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§831. Creation; short title](/usc/16/831.md)
- [§831a. Membership, operation, and duties of the Board of Directors](/usc/16/831a.md)
- [§831b. Officers and employees; wages of laborers and mechanics; application of employees’ compensation provisions](/usc/16/831b.md)
- [§831b–1. Acceptance of services of volunteers](/usc/16/831b-1.md)
- [§831c. Corporate powers generally; eminent domain; construction of dams, transmission lines, etc.](/usc/16/831c.md)
- [§831c–1. Bridges endangered or damaged by dams, etc.; compensation of and contracts with owner for protection, replacement, etc.](/usc/16/831c-1.md)
- [§831c–2. Civil actions for injury or loss of property or personal injury or death](/usc/16/831c-2.md)
- [§831c–3. Law enforcement](/usc/16/831c-3.md)
- [§831d. Directors; maintenance and operation of plant for production, sale, and distribution of fertilizer and power](/usc/16/831d.md)
- [§831e. Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation](/usc/16/831e.md)
- [§831f. Control of plants and property vested in Corporation; transfer of other property to Corporation](/usc/16/831f.md)
- [§831g. Principal office of Corporation; books; directors’ oath](/usc/16/831g.md)
- [§831h. Annual financial statement; purchases and contracts; audit by Comptroller General](/usc/16/831h.md)
- [§831h–1. Operation of dams primarily for promotion of navigation and controlling floods; generation and sale of electricity](/usc/16/831h-1.md)
- [§831h–2. Repealed.](/usc/16/831h-2.md)
- [§831h–3. Recreational access](/usc/16/831h-3.md)
- [§831i. Sale of surplus power; preferences; experimental work; acquisition of existing electric facilities](/usc/16/831i.md)
- [§831j. Equitable distribution of surplus power among States and municipalities; improvement in production of fertilizer](/usc/16/831j.md)
- [§831k. Transmission lines; construction or lease; sale of power over other than Government lines; rates when sold for resale at profit](/usc/16/831k.md)
- [§831k–1. Extension of credit to States, municipalities and nonprofit organizations to assist in operation of existing facilities](/usc/16/831k-1.md)
- [§831l. Financial assistance to States and local governments in lieu of taxation; apportionment; limitation on contracts for sale of power to municipalities; report to Congress](/usc/16/831l.md)
- [§831m. Allocation and charge of value and cost of plants to particular objects; cost accounting; reports of costs of operation; sale of surplus power at profit](/usc/16/831m.md)
- [§831m–1. Tennessee Valley Authority least-cost planning program](/usc/16/831m-1.md)
- [§831n. Bonds for future construction; amount, terms, and conditions](/usc/16/831n.md)
- [§831n–1. Bonds to carry out provisions of section 831k–1; amount, terms, and conditions](/usc/16/831n-1.md)
- [§831n–2. Bonds; limitation of issuance under sections 831n and 831n–1](/usc/16/831n-2.md)
- [§831n–3. Use of funds; limitation of issuance](/usc/16/831n-3.md)
- [§831n–4. Bonds for financing power program](/usc/16/831n-4.md)
- [§831o. Completion of unfinished plants authorized](/usc/16/831o.md)
- [§831p. Repealed.](/usc/16/831p.md)
- [§831q. Eminent domain; contracts for relocation of railroads, highways, industrial plants, etc.](/usc/16/831q.md)
- [§831r. Patents; access to Patent and Trademark Office and right to copy patents; compensation to patentees](/usc/16/831r.md)
- [§831s. Possession by Government in time of war; damages to contract holders](/usc/16/831s.md)
- [§831t. Offenses; fines and punishment](/usc/16/831t.md)
- [§831u. Surveys; cooperation with States or other agencies](/usc/16/831u.md)
- [§831v. Legislation to carry out purposes of chapter; recommendation by President](/usc/16/831v.md)
- [§831w. Acquisition of real or personal property; payment by delivery of power; sale or lease of vacant land for industrial purposes](/usc/16/831w.md)
- [§831x. Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue](/usc/16/831x.md)
- [§831y. Net proceeds over expense payable into Treasury](/usc/16/831y.md)
- [§831y–1. Approval of plans by Board as condition precedent to construction and operation; restraining action without approval; other laws unaffected](/usc/16/831y-1.md)
- [§831z. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/831z.md)
- [§831aa. Laws repealed](/usc/16/831aa.md)
- [§831bb. Reservation of right to amend or repeal](/usc/16/831bb.md)
- [§831cc. Separability](/usc/16/831cc.md)
- [§831dd. Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands](/usc/16/831dd.md)
- [§831ee. Essential stewardship activities](/usc/16/831ee.md)