§ 831. — Creation; short title.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC831]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831. Creation; short title
For the purpose of maintaining and operating the properties now
owned by the United States in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in
the interest of the National defense and for agricultural and industrial
development, and to improve navigation in the Tennessee River and to
control the destructive flood waters in the Tennessee River and
Mississippi River Basins, there is created a body corporate by the name
of the ``Tennessee Valley Authority'' (hereinafter referred to as the
``Corporation''). The board of directors first appointed shall be deemed
the incorporators, and the incorporation shall be held to have been
effected from the date of the first meeting of the board. This chapter
may be cited as the ``Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.''
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 58.)
