§ 831u. — Surveys; cooperation with States or other agencies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC831u]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831u. Surveys; cooperation with States or other agencies
To aid further the proper use, conservation, and development of the
natural resources of the Tennessee River drainage basis and of such
adjoining territory as may be related to or materially affected by the
development consequent to this chapter, and to provide for the general
welfare of the citizens of said areas, the President is authorized, by
such means or methods as he may deem proper within the limits of
appropriations made therefor by Congress, to make such surveys of and
general plans for said Tennessee basin and adjoining territory as may be
useful to the Congress and to the several States in guiding and
controlling the extent, sequence, and nature of development that may be
equitably and economically advanced through the expenditure of public
funds, or through the guidance or control of public authority, all for
the general purpose of fostering an orderly and proper physical,
economic, and social development of said areas; and the President is
further authorized in making said surveys and plans to cooperate with
the States affected thereby, or subdivisions or agencies of such States,
or with cooperative or other organizations, and to make such studies,
experiments, or demonstrations as may be necessary and suitable to that
end.
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, Sec. 22, 48 Stat. 69.)
Ex. Ord. No. 6161. Conservation and Development of the Natural Resources
of the Tennessee River Drainage Basin
Ex. Ord. No. 6161, June 8, 1933, provided:
In accordance with the provisions of section 22 and section 23 of
the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 [sections 831u and 831v of
this title], the President hereby authorizes and directs the Board of
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority to make such surveys,
general plans, studies, experiments, and demonstrations as may be
necessary and suitable to aid the proper use, conservation, and
development of the natural resources of the Tennessee River drainage
basin, and of such adjoining territory as may be related to or
materially affected by the development consequent to this act, and to
promote the general welfare of the citizens of said area; within the
limits of appropriations made therefor by Congress.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 831v of this title.
