1939 Amendments to Tennessee Valley Authority Act.. FOREWORD FEDERAL POWER ACT The Federal Power Act was originally enacted as the Federal Water Power Act, approved June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063, 16 U. S. C. 791-823). On March 3, 1921, it was amended to exclude therefrom any authority to license water power projects in national parks or national monuments (41 Stat. 1353). The Commission was reorganized as an independent Commission under the Act approved June 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 797). By Title II of the Public Utility Act of 1935, approved August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 838, 16 U. S. C. 791a-825r), the original Federal Water Power Act was made Part I of the "Federal Power Act" and Parts II and III added to that Act. Part II vests in the Commission jurisdiction over the interstate transmission of electric energy and public utility companies engaged therein. Part III relates to such companies and to licensees and carries the administrative and procedural provisions of the Federal Power Act. Since 1935 Section 1 was effectively, but not specifically, amended by Act of October 15, 1949, Sec. 5 (63 Stat. 880-881) increasing the compensation of Commissioners. Sections 1 and 2, and also Section 310, were in like manner amended by Reorganization Plan No. 9, effective May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 1265) set forth on p. 96 of the pamphlet providing that the Chairman shall be selected by the President and transferring executive and administrative functions of the Commission to him. Sections 2 and 310 were amended by the Classification Act of October 28, 1949 (63 Stat. 954, 972) to delete the reference to the 1923 Act and substitute the 1949 Act; Section 2 was also amended by the Act of October 31, 1951 (65 Stat. 701, 707) to add a reference to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Section 24 was amended by Act of May 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 275) providing for notice to the governor of the state before lands of the United States are declared open to entry for power site use. Section 202 was amended by Act of August 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 461) by the addition of subsection (f) exempting from Commission jurisdiction certain operations in connection with the transmission of electric energy across international boundaries. Section 4 (b), 14, 301 and 302 were effectively, but not specifically, amended by Act of August 15, 1953 (67 Stat. 587) to exempt States and municipalities from certain requirements of the Act. Section 18 was amended by Act of June 4, 1956 (70 Stat. 226). Section 313 was amended by Act of August 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 941 at 947). FEDERAL POWER ACT WITH AMENDMENTS AS APPROVED TO NOVEMBER 1, 1959 PART I Commission. composition of. ceeding chair Tenure. missioners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled [as amended June 23, 1930], That a commission is hereby created and established, to be known as the Federal Power Commission (hereinafter referred to Federal Power as the "commission ") which shall be composed of five Oreation and commissioners who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated by the President as chair- Chairman of, appointed by Pre man and shall be the principal executive officer of the dent Proviso. commission: Provided, That after the expiration of the Election of sueoriginal term of the commissioner so designated as men. chairman by the President, chairmen shall be elected by the commission itself, each chairman when so elected to act as such until the expiration of his term of office.1 The commissioners first appointed under this section, Terms of comas amended, shall continue in office for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date this section, as amended, takes effect, the term of each to be designated by the President at the time of nomination. Their successors shall be appointed each of successors. for a term of five years from the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy oc- Exception. curring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of such predecessor. Not more than three of the commissioners shall be appointed from Restriction of the same political party. No person in the employ of cause of polits or holding any official relation to any licensee or to any atlons person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of power, or owning stock or bonds thereof, or who is in any manner pecuniarily interested therein, shall enter upon the 1 See Reorganization Plan No. 9 on p. 96. appointment be cal, etc., al S 1 |