HR 1373
Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill aims to increase transparency around the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It requires the TVA Board of Directors to hold at least four public meetings each year and provide six days’ notice of those meetings on the TVA website. The bill also mandates that meeting minutes and summaries be made publicly available. An emergency meeting can be held without the usual notice requirements.
Key provisions
- The TVA Board must hold at least four public meetings annually.
- The Board must provide at least six days’ public notice of meetings.
- Meeting minutes and summaries must be made publicly available.
- The Chairman can designate meetings as ‘emergency special meetings’ without prior notice.
- The amendment clarifies the requirements for Board meetings, committees, and subcommittees.
Who is affected
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- The public of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
- TVA Board of Directors
Notable changes
- Requires regular public meetings for the TVA Board.
- Establishes a minimum notice period for meetings.
- Mandates public access to meeting documents (minutes and summaries).
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 1373
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025
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Section 2(g)(2) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 is amended to read as follows:
hold such meeting in public;
provide public notice of no fewer than 6 calendar days, through the website of the Board, of any such meeting; and
make publicly available the minutes and summaries of any such meeting.
Subparagraph (B)(ii) shall not apply if the chairman of the Board designates a meeting as an emergency special meeting.