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617 ence and priority to public bodies and cooperatives."659 And unlike the foregoing statutes, both of these Acts contain defini- tions of "public body" and "cooperative." 66° But the Bonne- ville Project Act contains detailed provisions for implementing the preference requirements, while the Fort Peck Act does not.661 Transmission Facilities.-In the marketing of power from reservoir projects under Army control, the Secretary of the Interior has authority to construct or acquire by purchase or other agreement:662 only such transmission lines and related facilities as may be necessary in order to make the power and energy generated at said projects available in wholesale quan- tities for sale on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to facilities owned by the Federal Government, public bodies, cooperatives, and privately owned companies. But Reclamation Law includes no comparable blanket pro- vision. As already noted, however, Congress has recognized in appropriation legislation that transmission facilities consti- tute parts of authorized Reclamation projects.663 The Tennessee Valley Authority has express power "to con- struct, lease, purchase, or authorize the construction of trans- mission lines within transmission distance from the place where generated, and to interconnect with other systems."66* And it also has authority "to construct transmission lines to farms and small villages that are not otherwise supplied with electricity at reasonable rates" in order "to promote and encourage the 889Act of August 27, 1937, § 4(a), 50 Stat. 731, 733, 16 U. S. C. 832c(a) ; Act of May 18,1938, § 4, 52 Stat. 403, 405,16 U. S. O. 833c. 660 The former "means States, public power districts, counties, and munici- palities, including agencies or subdivisions of any thereof." The latter "means any form of nonprofit-making organization or organizations of citi- zens supplying, or which may be created to supply, members with any kind of goods, commodities, or services, as nearly as possible at cost." § 3, 50 Stat. 733, 16 U. S. O. 832b; § 3, 52 Stat. 405, 16 U. S. O. 833b. W1 §§ 4, 5(a), 50 Stat. 733, 734, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 832c, 832d(a). 668 Act of December 22,1944, § 5, 58 Stat. 887, 890,16 U. S. O. 825s. 663 See supra, n. 530, p. 240. 804 Act of May 18, 1933, § 12, 48 Stat. 58, 65, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 831k.

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