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HR 1373 Passed a chamber

Requires the Tennessee Valley Authority board to hold at least four meetings a year and to treat its deliberations as open meetings, with posted notices and limited exceptions for power availability requests and competitive contract matters.

Official title: Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 14-FEB-2025
Referred 14-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 02-APR-2025
Reported 05-JUN-2025
On the calendar 05-JUN-2025
Passed 09-JUN-2025
Senate
Received 10-JUN-2025
Key points
  • Requires the TVA board to meet at least four times each year.
  • Applies open-meeting rules to all deliberations of the board and its committees and subcommittees, including deliberations not scheduled to take action.
  • Requires meeting announcements and related public information to be posted on the board's website.
  • Allows the board chairman to designate emergency special meetings, which are exempt from the one-week public notice requirement.
  • Allows the board to close portions of meetings involving power availability requests or contract negotiations that would compromise TVA's competitive position.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (14-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-JUN-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Energy

Sponsor Tim Burchett (R-TN) Cosponsors · 2
■ 2 D
2 Democrats