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[CITE: 16USC797c]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
 
SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES
 
Sec. 797c. Dams in National Park System units

    After October 24, 1992, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may 
not issue an original license under Part I of the Federal Power Act [16 
U.S.C. 791a et seq.] (nor an exemption from such Part) for any new 
hydroelectric power project located within the boundaries of any unit of 
the National Park System that would have a direct adverse effect on 
Federal lands within any such unit. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as repealing any existing provision of law (or affecting any 
treaty) explicitly authorizing a hydroelectric power project.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXIV, Sec. 2402, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3097.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, is act June 10, 1920, 
ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended. Part I of the Act is classified 
generally to this subchapter (Sec. 791a et seq.). For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title 
and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and 
not as part of the Federal Power Act which generally comprises this 
chapter.
