16 USC § 828b - Exemption from formula, books and records, and project cost statement requirements; annual charges

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title: "16 USC § 828b - Exemption from formula, books and records, and project cost statement requirements; annual charges"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "828b"
section_name: "Exemption from formula, books and records, and project cost statement requirements; annual charges"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "STATE AND MUNICIPAL WATER CONSERVATION FACILITIES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 503, § 3, 67 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 86–124, July 31, 1959, 73 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.)"
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# § 828b. Exemption from formula, books and records, and project cost statement requirements; annual charges

Section 807 of this titlesection 797(b) of this title

 pertaining to the taking over by the United States of any project upon or after the expiration of a license, and sections 825 and 825a of this title requiring certain records and accounting procedures and  requiring the preparation and filing of the statement of actual legitimate original cost of a project, shall not be applicable to any project owned by a State or municipality, and such rights and requirements shall not exist under any license heretofore or hereafter granted to any State or municipality. The Secretary of Energy in determining the amount of annual charges applicable to any such project may determine the annual charges with reference to the actual cost of services incurred by the Secretary with respect to the project.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 503, § 3, 67 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 86–124, July 31, 1959, 73 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Power Act which generally comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1959— struck out “except that the provisions of sections 797(b) and 807 of this title shall continue to be applicable to any license issued for a hydroelectric development in the International Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River” in first sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” and “Secretary” substituted in text for “Federal Power Commission” and “Commission”, respectively, pursuant to , which is classified to , The Public Health and Welfare.

The Federal Power Commission was terminated, and its functions, personnel, property, funds, etc., were transferred to the Secretary of Energy (except for certain functions which were transferred to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42.