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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 61-APR. 4, 1938 [CHAPTER 61] April 4, 1938 [S. J. Res. 277] [Pub. Res., No. 83] Tennessee Valley Authority. Special joint con- gressional committee created to make inves- tigation. Composition. Vacancies. Matters under in- vestigation. 48 Stat. 58; 49 Stat. 1075. 16 U. S. C., ch. 12a; Supp. III, eh. 12a. Efficient and eco- nomical administra- tion of Act. Total appropria- tions and allocations. Interference of func- tions by internal dis- sension. Holding ofofficeille- gally. Aid to private in- terestsin suits affect- ing Authority. Instigation of suits by private inter- ests. Effect of, upon ad- ministration. Disposition, ex- pense incurred, etc. Effect on revenue. Losses to munic- ipalities or farm or- ganizations. Effect of such suit upon personnel and organization. Effect of activities of private interests on purchase of power. JOINT RESOLUTION Creating a special joint congressional committee to make an investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of obtaining information as a basis for legislation there is hereby cre- ated a special joint congressional committee to be composed of five Senators to be appointed by the President of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A vacancy on the joint committee shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions incumbent on the joint committee. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the joint committee to make a full and complete investigation of the administration of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, including the following, but not excluding any other matters pertaining to the administration and policies: (a) The efficient and economical administration of the Act as amended by the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Author- ity and any of its subordinates. (a) (2) The total Federal sums appropriated by the Congress or allocated by the President to the Muscle Shoals project and the Tennessee Valley Authority, and also allocations made to power, navigation, flood control or otherwise, and the cost charged to power recoverable to the Treasury of the United States. (b) Any interference or handicaps placed in the way of the prompt, efficient, and economical administration of its functions by internal dissension among members of the Board of Directors of the Tennes- see Valley Authority and what effect such dissension, if any, has had upon the work of the Authority. (c) Whether any member of said Board has held office or is hold- ing office in violation of the Act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority; and whether any member of said Board has aided or assisted directly or indirectly any private power company or other private interest in the institution or defense of suits and injunctions affecting the administration of the functions of the Tennessee Valley Authority. (d) Whether, and if so what, suits have been instigated by any private power company or other private interest seeking injunctions against the activities of the Board; and what effect, if any, such injunctions or suits have had upon the administration of the Act according to its terms; what disposition has been made of any such injunction suits and what has been the expense incurred by the Tennessee Valley Authority in defending them; what disposition has been made of such suits in any superior court to which they have been appealed; and what if any has been the loss of revenue to the Authority on account of such suits. (e) Whether any financial loss has been caused to municipalities or farm organizations by preventing their purchase of electric power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. (f) What has been the effect, if any, upon the personnel and organization perfected by the Board under said Act by the prosecu- tion of such injunction suits or by the action of any member of the Board in giving aid or assistance to any private power company or other private interest in connection therewith. (g) What activities there have been, if any, on the part of any private power company or other private interest in attempting by the expenditure of money or otherwise, the institution of legal pro- 154 [52 STAT.

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