42 USC § 2019 - Applicability of Federal Power Act

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2019"
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title: "42 USC § 2019 - Applicability of Federal Power Act"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2019"
section_name: "Applicability of Federal Power Act"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 272, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 960; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2019. Applicability of Federal Power Act

section 2133 of this title16 U.S.C. 791a

Every licensee under this chapter who holds a license from the Commission for a utilization or production facility for the generation of commercial electric energy under  and who transmits such electric energy in interstate commerce or sells it at wholesale in interstate commerce shall be subject to the regulatory provisions of the Federal Power Act [ et seq.].

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 272, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 960; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , as added by , , known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.