[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1181 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1181

  To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to ensure that 
 promoting recreation is treated as a primary purpose in the operation 
    of dams and reservoirs under the possession and control of the 
                      Tennessee Valley Authority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2003

 Mr. Deal of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Taylor of North 
  Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to ensure that 
 promoting recreation is treated as a primary purpose in the operation 
    of dams and reservoirs under the possession and control of the 
                      Tennessee Valley Authority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL USES OF TVA RESERVOIRS.

    The first sentence of section 9a of the Tennessee Valley Authority 
Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831h-1) is amended by inserting ``and 
recreation'' after ``promoting navigation''.
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