HR 144
Passed a chamber
Requires the Tennessee Valley Authority to publish the names, salaries, and duties of its management-level employees, executives, and board members who earn at least the GS-15 maximum basic pay rate, and exempts that salary information from certain federal disclosure requirements.
Official title: Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
Passed
15-JAN-2025
Senate
Received
16-JAN-2025
- Amends Section 9 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 by striking its existing financial statement language, including the reference to $1,500 a year, and replacing it with an annual compensation report.
- Covers management-level employees and above, including all executives and board members, whose pay is at or above the maximum basic pay rate for GS-15 of the General Schedule, listing each person's name, salary, and duties.
- Exempts salary information in the report from disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3) and from the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-JAN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
- Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate)
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