§ 799. — License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC799]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES
Sec. 799. License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration,
or surrender
Licenses under this subchapter shall be issued for a period not
exceeding fifty years. Each such license shall be conditioned upon
acceptance by the licensee of all of the terms and conditions of this
chapter and such further conditions, if any, as the Commission shall
prescribe in conformity with this chapter, which said terms and
conditions and the acceptance thereof shall be expressed in said
license. Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner
prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or
surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the
Commission after thirty days' public notice.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, Sec. 6, 41 Stat. 1067; renumbered pt. I
and amended, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, Secs. 204, 212, 49 Stat.
841, 847; Pub. L. 104-106, div. D, title XLIII, Sec. 4321(i)(6), Feb.
10, 1996, 110 Stat. 676; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, Sec. 108(a), Oct. 19,
1996, 110 Stat. 3832; Pub. L. 105-192, Sec. 2, July 14, 1998, 112 Stat.
625.)
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-192 inserted at end ``Licenses may be revoked only
for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of
this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual
agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days'
public notice.''
1996--Pub. L. 104-316 struck out at end ``Licenses may be revoked
only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions
of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual
agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days'
public notice.''
Pub. L. 104-106 struck out at end ``Copies of all licenses issued
under the provisions of this subchapter and calling for the payment of
annual charges shall be deposited with the General Accounting Office, in
compliance with section 20 of title 41.''
1935--Act Aug. 26, 1935, Sec. 204, amended section generally,
substituting ``thirty days'' for ``ninety days'' in third sentence and
inserting last sentence.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 104-
106, see section 4401 of Pub. L. 104-106, set out as a note under
section 251 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions with regard to
licenses and permits for dams, reservoirs, or other works for
development and improvement of navigation and for development and
utilization of power across, along, from, or in navigable waters under
this subchapter transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by
sections 7172(a)(1)(A) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and
Welfare.
