# § 831n. Bonds for future construction; amount, terms, and conditions
section 8 of the Act of June 28, 1902December 21, 190534 Stat. 5
In the construction of any future dam, steam plant, or other facility, to be used in whole or in part for the generation or transmission of electric power the Board is authorized and empowered to issue on the credit of the United States and to sell serial bonds not exceeding $50,000,000 in amount, having a maturity not more than fifty years from the date of issue thereof, and bearing interest not exceeding 3½ per centum per annum. Said bonds shall be issued and sold in amounts and prices approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, but all such bonds as may be so issued and sold shall have equal rank. None of said bonds shall be sold below par, and no fee, commission, or compensation whatever shall be paid to any person, firm, or corporation for handling, negotiating the sale, or selling the said bonds. All of such bonds so issued and sold shall have all the rights and privileges accorded by law to Panama Canal bonds, authorized by , chapter 1302, as amended by the Act of (ch. 3, sec. 1, ). All funds derived from the sale of such bonds shall be paid over to the Corporation.
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**Source Credit**: (May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 15, 48 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 108–447, div. C, title VI, § 603(a)(2), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2966.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
, chapter 1302, as amended by the Act of (ch. 3, sec. 1, ), referred to in text, was classified to sections 743, 744, and 744 note of former Title 31 and was repealed in part by , , , the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance, and in part by , , .
### Amendments
2004— substituted “Board” for “board” in first sentence.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
Amendment by effective on the later of the date on which at least three persons nominated under take office or , see , set out in an Appointments; Effective Date; Transition note under .