16 U.S.C. § 791
Section 791 · Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, 212, 49 Stat. 847
Applied in 56 court decisions — leading case First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission (1946)
Most recently applied in Am. Rivers v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n (July 2018)
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Section, act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 30, 41 Stat. 1077, designated the act as The Federal Water Power Act.