16 U.S.C. § 832h — Miscellaneous administrative provisions
submitted 89 years ago by ch. 720 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 180 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator must keep complete Bonneville operating accounts, record earned annual and sick leave obligations, obtain an independent commercial-type audit each year, and use accounting forms and systems consistent with the Federal Power Act and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules. The Administrator may pay necessary administrative expenses.
(a) Accounts; audit; procedures, etc., prescribed. Subject to the Federal Power Act, the Administrator must keep complete and accurate operating accounts. The accounts must include all money spent or received for transmitting and selling electricity generated at Bonneville. The Administrator must establish appropriate obligations in the accounts for annual leave and sick leave as employees earn it. After each fiscal year ends, the Administrator must obtain an independent audit of the accounts conducted in a commercial type.
The Comptroller General prescribes the forms, systems, and procedures for the Administrator’s appropriation and fund accounting. Those forms, systems, and procedures must follow the Federal Power Act’s requirements for the accounts of public utilities’ electric operations and the regulations issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under that Act.
(b) Current expenses. The Administrator may spend money on offices, vehicles, furnishings, equipment, supplies, books, attending meetings, and other facilities and services the Administrator finds necessary to properly administer this chapter.
The administrator, subject to the requirements of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], shall keep complete and accurate accounts of operations, including all funds expended and received in connection with transmission and sale of electric energy generated at the Bonneville project, and in the maintenance of such accounts, appropriate obligations shall be established for annual and sick leave of absence as earned. The Administrator shall, after the close of each fiscal year, obtain an independent commercial-type audit of such accounts. The forms, systems, and procedures prescribed by the Comptroller General for the Administrator’s appropriation and fund accounting shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Power Act with respect to accounts of electric operations of public utilities and the regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant thereto.
The administrator may make such expenditures for offices, vehicles, furnishings, equipment, supplies, and books; for attendance at meetings; and for such other facilities and services as he may find necessary for the proper administration of this chapter.
Source credit: (Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720, § 9, 50 Stat. 736; Oct. 23, 1945, ch. 433, § 4, 59 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 89–448, § 2(a), formerly § 2, June 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 200, as renumbered Pub. L. 89–561, § 6(1), Sept. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 95–91, title IV, § 402(a)(1)(B), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 583.)
- 1937Enacted · Act of Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720 · 50 Stat. 736
- 1945Amended · Act of Oct. 23, 1945, ch. 433 · 59 Stat. 547
- 1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-448 · 80 Stat. 200
- 1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-91 · 91 Stat. 583
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 720 on 1937-08-20.
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