§ 831e. — Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC831e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831e. Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment;
removal for violation
In the appointment of officials and the selection of employees for
said Corporation, and in the promotion of any such employees or
officials, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or
given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be
given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. Any member of said
board who is found by the President of the United States to be guilty of
a violation of this section shall be removed from office by the
President of the United States, and any appointee of said board who is
found by the board to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be
removed from office by said board.
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, Sec. 6, 48 Stat. 63.)
