[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1354 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1354
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 8, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment
and Public Works
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A BILL
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tennessee Valley Authority Salary
Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. SALARY DISCLOSURE; EXCEPTION TO REPORT ELIMINATION.
(a) In General.--Section 9 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of
1933 (16 U.S.C. 831h) is amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and all that
follows through ``(a) The Board'' in subsection (a) and
inserting the following:
``SEC. 9. FINANCIAL REPORTING.
``(a) Report on Compensation.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Board'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by
striking ``a financial statement'' in the first
sentence and all that follows through the period at the
end of the second sentence and inserting ``a report
describing the total number of employees of the
Corporation at the management level or above (including
all executives and Board members), including the name,
salary, and duties of each such employee, that are
receiving compensation equal to, or greater than, the
maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS-15 of the
General Schedule.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Exemption.--Any information relating to salaries of
employees of the Corporation contained in, or filed with, a
report under paragraph (1) shall be exempt from--
``(A) disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title
5, United States Code; and
``(B) the requirements of the Access to
Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (44 U.S.C. prec.
4101 note; Public Law 117-263).'';
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ``(b) All'' and
inserting the following:
``(b) Bids.--All'';
(4) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by striking ``he shall'' and inserting
``the Comptroller General shall''; and
(ii) by striking ``of his selection'' and
inserting ``selected by the Comptroller
General'';
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
``connection he and his representatives'' and inserting
``an audit, the Comptroller General (and any
representative of the Comptroller General)'';
(C) in the third sentence--
(i) by striking ``He shall'' and inserting
``The Comptroller General shall''; and
(ii) in the proviso--
(I) by striking ``General
Accounting Office'' and inserting
``Government Accountability Office'';
and
(II) by striking ``his report'' and
inserting ``the report'';
(D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``General
Accounting Office'' and inserting ``Government
Accountability Office''; and
(E) in the fifth sentence--
(i) by striking ``section 236, Revised
Statutes, as amended by section 305 of the
Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 24)''
and inserting ``sections 3526(a) and 3702(a) of
title 31, United States Code''; and
(ii) in the proviso--
(I) by striking ``the Tennessee
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as
amended'' and inserting ``this Act'';
(II) by striking ``it may deem''
and inserting ``the Corporation
determines to be'';
(III) by striking ``General
Accounting Office'' and inserting
``Government Accountability Office'';
and
(IV) by striking ``said Act'' and
inserting ``this Act''; and
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ``the Tennessee Valley
Authority Act of 1933, as amended'' and inserting ``this Act''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 14 of the Tennessee Valley
Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831m) is amended, in the last
sentence, by striking ``and in addition to the statement of the cost of
power'' and all that follows through ``for the sale of power''.
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