---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1555"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1555"
heading: "Federal Power Act inapplicable to Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1555"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Colorado River Basin Project"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
---

# §1555. Federal Power Act inapplicable to Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam


Part I of the Federal Power Act [[16 U.S.C. 791a](/usc/16/791a.md) et seq.] shall not be applicable to the reaches of the [main stream](/usc/43/1556.md?p=b) of the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam until and unless otherwise provided by Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–537, title VI, § 605, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 901.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063. Part I of the Federal Power Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 791a et seq.) of chapter 12 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of Title 16 and Tables.