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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)In general
The funding described in this section is funding derived from only 1 or more of the following sources:
(1) Nonpower fund balances and collections.
(2) Investment returns of the nonpower program.
(3) Applied programmatic savings in the power and nonpower programs.
(4) Savings from the suspension of bonuses and awards.
(5) Savings from reductions in memberships and contributions.
(6) Increases in collections resulting from nonpower activities, including user fees.
(7) Increases in charges to private and public utilities both investor and cooperatively owned, as well as to direct load customers.
(b)Availability
Funds from the sources described in subsection (a) shall be available notwithstanding section 11, 14, 15, or 29 or any other provision of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.) or any provisions of the covenants contained in any power bonds issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(c)Sufficiency of savings
The savings from and the revenue adjustment to the budget of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the first fiscal year of the transfer and each fiscal year thereafter shall be sufficient so that the net spending authority and resulting outlays to carry out activities with funding described in subsection (a) shall not exceed $0 for the first fiscal year of the transfer and each fiscal year thereafter.
(d)Itemized list of reductions and increased receipts
(1)Proposed changes
Not later than 30 days after the date of transfer pursuant to section 460lll-41 of this title, the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate an itemized list of the amounts of reductions in spending and increases in receipts that are proposed to be made as a result of activities under this subsection during the first fiscal year of the transfer.
(2)Actual changes
Not later than 24 months after the effective date of the transfer, the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate an itemized list of the amounts of reductions in spending and increases in receipts as a result of activities under this subsection during the first fiscal year of the transfer.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - 16 U.S.C. § 460lll-49 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 16. Conservation § 460lll-49. Tennessee Valley Authority transfer funding - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-16-conservation/16-usc-sect-460lll-49/
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