16-U.S.C.-797A

§797A – Congressional Authorization For Permits, Licenses, Leases, Or Authorizations For Dams, Conduits, Reservoirs, Etc., Within National Parks Or Monuments

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Title 16 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter I > Section 797a

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• Reference: Section 797a
• Legend: §797A – Congressional Authorization For Permits, Licenses, Leases, Or Authorizations For Dams, Conduits, Reservoirs, Etc., Within National Parks Or Monuments
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

On and after March 3, 1921, no permit, license, lease, or authorization for dams, conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other works for storage or carriage of water, or for the development, transmission, or utilization of power within the limits as constituted, March 3, 1921, of any national park or national monument shall be granted or made without specific authority of Congress.

(Mar. 3, 1921, ch. 129, 41 Stat. 1353.)

Codification

Provisions repealing so much of this chapter as authorizes licensing such uses of existing national parks and national monuments by the Federal Power Commission have been omitted.

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

Section 212 of act Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, 49 Stat. 847, provided that nothing in this chapter, as amended should be construed to repeal or amend the provisions of the act approved Mar. 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1353) [16 U.S.C. 797a] or the provisions of any other Act relating to national parks and national monuments.

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