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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

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
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
Key points
  • 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.
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Official CRS summary

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
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Steve Cohen (D-TN) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 R
1 Republican