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16 U.S.C. 831n-4: Bonds for financing power program

Created in 1959 by Public Law 86-137. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1979

    • Pub. L. 96–97 substituted "$30,000,000,000" for "$15,000,000,000". · (a)

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–273, §2(30), substituted "September" for "June". · (e)
    • Pub. L. 94–273, §35(a), inserted provision relating to computation of five-year periods as of Oct. 1, 1975. · (f)

    1975

    • Pub. L. 94–139, §1(a), substituted "$15,000,000,000" for "$5,000,000,000". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 94–139, §1(b), struck out "December 31 and" before "June 30". · (e)

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–446 substituted "$5,000,000,000" for "$1,750,000,000". · (a)

    1966

    • Pub. L. 89–537 increased the limitation on the amount of revenue bonds the TVA may issue and sell from $750,000,000 to $1,750,000,000. · (a)

    1959

    • Pub. L. 86–157 struck out proviso relating to the transmission of the power construction program to the Congress by the President with the budget estimates, and the provision for withholding initiation of construction of new power producing projects until the construction program of th… · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.