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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 824r"
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description: "Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "12"
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chapter_name: "FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER"
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section: "824r"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 824r"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s824r"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 824r - Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest
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## Text
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(a) Definition of electric utility or person In this section, the term “electric utility or person” means an electric utility or person that—
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(1) as of August 8, 2005, holds firm transmission rights pursuant to contract or by reason of ownership of transmission facilities; and
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(2) is located—
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(A) in the Pacific Northwest, as that region is defined in section 839a of this title; or
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(B) in that portion of a State included in the geographic area proposed for a regional transmission organization in Commission Docket Number RT01–35 on the date on which that docket was opened.
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(b) Protection of transmission contracts Nothing in this chapter confers on the Commission the authority to require an electric utility or person to convert to tradable or financial rights—
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(1) firm transmission rights described in subsection (a); or
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(2) firm transmission rights obtained by exercising contract or tariff rights associated with the firm transmission rights described in subsection (a).
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(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. II, § 218, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1235, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 960.)
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