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Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act This bill expands reporting requirements for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA is a government corporation that provides electricity in Tennessee and in portions of several surrounding states. It also provides flood control, navigation, and land management services for the Tennessee River system. The bill reinstates the requirement for TVA to file an annual financial statement and report with Congress in March. (The requirement was terminated by the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995.) The bill also modifies the requirement that the report include the names, salaries, and duties of employees earning more than $1,500 a year. Under the bill, this information is only required for employees earning more than the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS-13 of the General Schedule.
Action Timeline
2025-01-16
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-01-15
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-01-15
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)
2025-01-15
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)
2025-01-15
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H169-170)
2025-01-13
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.
2025-01-13
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 144.
2025-01-13
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H105-106)
2025-01-13
Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2025-01-04
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.144 pass?
HR.144 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 36%.
What does HR.144 do?
Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act This bill expands reporting requirements for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA is a government corporation that provides electricity in Tennessee and in portions of several surrounding states. It also provides flood control, navigation, and land management services for the Tennessee River system. The bill reinstates the requirement for TVA to file an annual financial statement and report with Congress in March. (The requirement was terminated by the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995.) The bill also modifies the require…
Who sponsored HR.144?
HR.144 was sponsored by Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 144 EH: Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 144 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act . 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: 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. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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