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Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 16, 2025) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Referred to
Environment and Public Works Committee Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Labor & Wages
Legislative subjects (4)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesPersonnel recordsTennessee Valley Authority

Summary
  • Requires the Tennessee Valley Authority to report the names, salaries, and duties of all management-level employees and board members receiving compensation at or above the maximum rate for GS-15 federal employees.
  • Exempts TVA salary information contained in required reports from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
  • Exempts TVA salary information from the requirements of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Steve Cohen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $17,504
  • LEWIS THOMASON $6,600
  • WEST CLINIC $6,000
  • MEDICAL ANESTHESIA GROUP $5,250
  • WEST CANCER CENTER $4,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Steve Cohen → · Outside spending →

Actions (12)
  1. Jan 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. Jan 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Jan 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 14). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H105) · house
  4. Jan 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 14). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H105)
  5. Jan 15, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H169-170) · house
  6. Jan 13, 2025 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. · house
  7. Jan 13, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 144. · house
  8. Jan 13, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H105-106) · house
  9. Jan 13, 2025 Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
  10. Jan 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · house
  11. Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  12. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (3)
  • Referred in Senate · Jan 16, 2025
  • Engrossed in House · Jan 15, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025

Committee action

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Full text

AN ACT

To provide that the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 does not apply to certain reports required to be submitted by the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act”.

SEC. 2. SALARY DISCLOSURE; EXCEPTION TO REPORT ELIMINATION.

Section 9 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831h) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “a financial statement” and all that follows through “$1,500 a year” and inserting “a report of the total number of employees at the management level or above, to include all executives and board members, that shall include the names, salaries, and duties of such employees, that are receiving compensation at or greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule”;

(2) by striking all that precedes “The Board shall” and inserting the following:

“SEC. 9. FINANCIAL REPORTING.

“(a) Report on Compensation.—

“(1) In general.—”; and

(3) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:

“(2) Exemption.—The information concerning salaries of employees of the Corporation contained in, or filed with, the report described in paragraph (1) is exempt from—

“(A) disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; and

“(B) the requirements of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Public Law 117-

263).”.

Passed the House of Representatives January 15, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 144

AN ACT

To provide that the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 does not apply to certain reports required to be submitted by the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.

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