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The Federal Power Act was originally enacted as the Federal Water Power Act, approved June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063, 16 U.S.C. 791–823).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 were 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 I was effectively, but not specifically, amended by the Federal Executive Salary Act of 1964, as amended (P.L. 88–426, 78 Stat. 400, 415, 417, 419, Aug. 14, 1964, codified by P.L. 89–554, 80 Stat. 378, 461, 463, Sept. 6, 1966, 5 U.S.C. 5314, 5315), which superseded the Act of October 15, 1949, Sec. 5 (63 Stat. 880–881) and the Act of July 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 737-738), increasing the compensation of Commissioners.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 page 111 of the pamphlet providing that the Chairman shall be selected by the President and transferring executive and administrative functions of the Commission to him. Provisions in sections 2 and 310 authorizing the Commission to appoint and fix the salaries of certain officers and employees without regard to the civil service laws were effectively but not specifically amended by the Act of November 26, 1940 (54 Stat. 1211, 5 U.S.C. 631a (1964 ed.) codified in part to 5 U.S.C. 2102 (1964 ed., Supp. V, 1965–1969)) which authorized the President to cover excepted positions into the classified civil service. The President exercised this authority by Executive Order 8743, April 25, 1941, as amended (5 U.S.C. 631a note (1964 ed.)). 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

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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). Section I was amended by Act of July 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 407). Sections 10 (b), (e) and (i) were amended by Act of September 7, 1962 (76 Stat. 447). Sections 7, 10, 14 and 15 were amended by Act of August 3, 1968 (82 Stat. 616–617).

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