§ 831dd. — Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC831dd]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831dd. Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus
lands
This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes
of Congress to provide for the disposition of and make needful rules and
regulations respecting Government properties entrusted to the Authority,
provide for the national defense, improve navigation, control
destructive floods, and promote interstate commerce and the general
welfare, but no real estate shall be held except what is necessary in
the opinion of the Board to carry out plans and projects actually
decided upon requiring the use of such land: Provided, That any land
purchased by the Authority and not necessary to carry out plans and
projects actually decided upon shall be sold by the Authority as agent
of the United States, after due advertisement, at public auction to the
highest bidder.
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, Sec. 31, as added Aug. 31, 1935, ch. 836,
Sec. 12, 49 Stat. 1080.)
Codification
As originally enacted, the last sentence of this section contained,
at the end thereof, the words ``or at private sale as provided in
section 3 of this amendatory Act.'' Section 3 of the amendatory act of
Aug. 31, 1935, added subsec. (k) to section 831c of this title.
