16 USC § 822 - Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s822"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 822 - Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "822"
section_name: "Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter"
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 28, 41 Stat. 1077; renumbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847.)"
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# § 822. Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is expressly reserved; but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall affect any license theretofore issued under the provisions of this chapter or the rights of any licensee thereunder.

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**Source Credit**: (June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 28, 41 Stat. 1077; renumbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847.)