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LegalText 16 U.S.C. § 831x Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue us united_states_code code_section 16 CONSERVATION 12A TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 831x 16 U.S.C. § 831x current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip /us/usc/t16/s831x data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml 635b5329d789391f81a09d26f41e494b2b03d5fa67dab57d409f220fc3292fa2 7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503 0e12ce4f63d7a1bb5a783ae66bf064c47065d5dfad9f80b3177c9e8b67128457 2026-07-04 official
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16 U.S.C. § 831x - Condemnation proceedings; institution by Corporation; venue

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The Corporation may cause proceedings to be instituted for the acquisition by condemnation of any lands, easements, or rights-of-way which, in the opinion of the Corporation, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The proceedings shall be instituted in the United States district court for the district in which the land, easement, right-of-way, or other interest, or any part thereof, is located, and such court shall have full jurisdiction to divest the complete title to the property sought to be acquired out of all persons or claimants and vest the same in the United States in fee simple, and to enter a decree quieting the title thereto in the United States of America.

(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 25, 48 Stat. 70; July 12, 1952, ch. 700, 66 Stat. 591; Pub. L. 90536, § 1, Sept. 28, 1968, 82 Stat. 885.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1968—Pub. L. 90536 repealed six paragraphs following initial paragraph which provided as follows: appointment of three commissioners, oath as to absence of interest, and per diem for services and subsistence, and transportation expenses; duties of commissioners as to valuation of lands, conduct of hearings, taking of evidence, administration of oaths, subpoena of witnesses, submission of report as to value of land, and notice of award to parties; hearing de novo of exceptions to award by three Federal district judges and judicial award; disposition upon record after appeal from decision of judges; passage of title and possession to property and enforcement by writ of dispossession; and legal representatives for minors, insane or incompetents, and estates of deceased, or guardians ad litem for wards. 1952—Act July 12, 1952, increased the commissioners per diem from $15 to $30, their sustenance from $5 to $10 a day, and allowed them 7 cents mileage.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1968 AmendmentPub. L. 90536, § 2, Sept. 28, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, provided that: “The amendment made by this Act [amending this section] shall be effective only with respect to condemnation proceedings initiated after thirty days following the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 28, 1968].”