119-s1354

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1354 Introduced in Senate

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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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