Us Congress 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB144 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 01/17/2025

                    119THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tennessee Valley Au-2
thority Salary Transparency Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. SALARY DISCLOSURE; EXCEPTION TO REPORT 4
ELIMINATION. 5
Section 9 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 6
1933 (16 U.S.C. 831h) is amended— 7
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a financial 8
statement’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$1,500 a 9
year’’ and inserting ‘‘a report of the total number of 10
employees at the management level or above, to in-11
clude all executives and board members, that shall 12
include the names, salaries, and duties of such em-13
ployees, that are receiving compensation at or great-14
er than the maximum rate of basic pay for grade 15
GS–15 of the General Schedule’’; 16
(2) by striking all that precedes ‘‘The Board 17
shall’’ and inserting the following: 18
‘‘SEC. 9. FINANCIAL REPORTING. 19
‘‘(a) R
EPORT ONCOMPENSATION.— 20
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—’’; and 21
(3) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 22
following: 23
‘‘(2) E
XEMPTION.—The information concerning 24
salaries of employees of the Corporation contained 25 3 
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in, or filed with, the report described in paragraph 1
(1) is exempt from— 2
‘‘(A) disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of 3
title 5, United States Code; and 4
‘‘(B) the requirements of the Access to 5
Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Public 6
Law 117–263).’’. 7
Passed the House of Representatives January 15, 
2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.  119
TH
CONGRESS 
1
ST
S
ESSION
 
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 Ten-
nessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.