IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 400 

Commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on the 90th anniversary of 

the signing of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2023 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. STRONG, Mr. ROGERS

of Alabama, and Mr. GUEST) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on the 90th 

anniversary of the signing of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. 

Whereas the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 

U.S.C. 831 et seq.) was signed into law by President 

Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 18, 1933, to improve navigation along the Tennessee River, reduce the risk of 

floods and flood damage, provide low-cost electricity, and 

promote environmental stewardship and economic development in the region; 

Whereas the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) long-standing mission, born during the Great Depression, is to improve the quality of life across a 7-State region, including 


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Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, 

North Carolina, and Virginia; 

Whereas the integrated management of the Tennessee River 

system by the TVA provides a wide range of benefits that 

includes reliable, affordable, and resilient electrical power, 

flood control, improving water quality and supply, enhancing recreation, and protecting public land; 

Whereas the TVA has improved navigation of the Tennessee 

River system and facilitated river freight transportation; 

Whereas the TVA has reduced the risk of flood damage 

through the construction of locks, dams, and reservoirs 

throughout the Tennessee Valley; 

Whereas the TVA provides reliable, affordable, resilient, and 

increasingly clean electricity and has stimulated economic 

growth; 

Whereas the TVA continues to promote economic development by helping companies and communities attract investments that bring good jobs to the Tennessee Valley; 

and 

Whereas the TVA continues to pursue new ideas and innovate through the service of a committed and skilled workforce: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the Tennessee Valley Authority 

3 (TVA) on the 90th anniversary of the signing of the 

4 Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 

5 831 et seq.); 

6 (2) honors the accomplishments of the TVA in 

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1 out the Tennessee Valley by improving navigation, 

2 controlling floods, promoting environmental steward3 ship, and providing reliable, affordable, resilient, and 

4 increasingly clean electricity throughout the Ten5 nessee Valley; 

6 (3) recognizes the TVA, and all its employees 

7 and retirees, for its long and proud history of service 

8 in the areas of energy, the environment, and eco9 nomic development throughout Alabama, Georgia, 

10 Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, 

11 and Virginia; and 

12 (4) respectfully requests the Clerk of the House 

13 of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolu14 tion for appropriate display to— 

15 (A) the Chairman of the Board of the 

16 TVA, William Kilbride; and 

17 (B) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

18 TVA, Jeffrey Lyash. 

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