16 USC § 791a - Short title

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title: "16 USC § 791a - Short title"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "791a"
section_name: "Short title"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, § 321, formerly § 320, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 213, 49 Stat. 863; renumbered Pub. L. 95–617, title II, § 212, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3148.)"
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# § 791a. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Federal Power Act”.

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**Source Credit**: (June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, § 321, formerly § 320, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 213, 49 Stat. 863; renumbered Pub. L. 95–617, title II, § 212, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3148.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of part III of the Federal Power Act, and not as part of part I of that Act which comprises this subchapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2013 Amendment

> “This Act [amending sections 798, 823a, and 2705 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes preceding section 791 and under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1990 Amendment

> “This Act [enacting
> 
> , The Public Health and Welfare, amending sections 796 and 824a–3 of this title and sections 2014, 2061, 2201, and 2284 of Title 42, and enacting provisions set out as a note under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1988 Amendment

> “This Act [amending
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> and enacting provisions set out as notes under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Regulatory Fairness Act’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1986 Amendment

> “This Act [enacting sections 797b and 823b of this title, amending sections 797, 800, 802, 803, 807, 808, 817, 823a, 824a–3, and 824j of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 797, 803, 823a, 824a–3, and 825h of this title] may be cited as the ‘Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1986’.”

, , , provided that: