{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-144","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 144","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-01-15","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h14","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act","result":"Passed","yea":423,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll014.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2025-01-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-03","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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.)"},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":131},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends Section 9 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to change the report the Tennessee Valley Authority submits on the names, salaries and duties of certain employees, and to exempt salary information in that report from two disclosure laws.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#HFA726E3FE3F04CE89DF8064A55706935"}]},"core_areas":["Tennessee Valley Authority employee compensation reporting"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Names the Act the \"Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#H92772330397C48FBB26F23A38D5F5228"}},{"text":"Replaces the financial statement and employee-salary reporting language in Section 9(a) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 with a report of the total number of employees at the management level or above, including all executives and board members.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#HFA726E3FE3F04CE89DF8064A55706935"}},{"text":"Requires that report to include the names, salaries and duties of employees receiving compensation at or greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#HFA726E3FE3F04CE89DF8064A55706935"}},{"text":"Exempts salary information of Tennessee Valley Authority employees in or filed with the report from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#HFA726E3FE3F04CE89DF8064A55706935"}},{"text":"Exempts that salary information from the requirements of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (Public Law 117–263).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#HFA726E3FE3F04CE89DF8064A55706935"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh#HFA726E3FE3F04CE89DF8064A55706935"},"heading":"Salary disclosure; exception to report elimination","effect":"Exempts salary information of Corporation employees in the new compensation report from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, U.S. Code, and from the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act.","amount":null,"quote":"The information concerning salaries of employees of the Corporation contained in, or filed with, the report described in paragraph (1) is exempt from—"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-01-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/144/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-144.png","v":"115f0aec6e7f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 144, 119th Congress: Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act. House: 423 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Jan 2025."}}