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Union Calendar No. 109 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1373 
[Report No. 119–140] 
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be 
transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2025 
Mr. BURCHETT (for himself and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JUNE 5, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Ms. LEE of Nevada 
JUNE 5, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 14, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity to be transparent and open to the public, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tennessee Valley Author-
ity Transparency Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY AND AVAILABILITY OF MEETINGS. 
Section 2(g)(2) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act 
of 1933 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall meet 
at least 4 times each year. 
‘‘(B) TRANSPARENCY.— 
‘‘(i) OPEN MEETINGS.—For purposes of 
applying the requirements of section 552b of 
title 5, United States Code, to the Board, 
the term ‘meeting’ shall include all delibera-
tions of the members of the Board, a com-
mittee of the Board, and a subcommittee of 
the Board, including any such deliberations 
that are not scheduled for the purpose of 
taking an action that will determine or re-
sult in the joint conduct or disposition of of-
ficial business of the Corporation, notwith-
standing subsection (a)(2) of such section. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE OF MEETINGS.— 
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‘‘(I) PUBLICATION.—For purposes 
of section 552b of title 5, United States 
Code, public announcement of meetings 
shall include publication on the website 
of the Board. 
‘‘(II) EMERGENCY
MEETINGS.— 
Notwithstanding section 552b(e)(1) of 
title 5, United States Code, the require-
ment to make public announcement at 
least one week prior to a meeting shall 
not apply if the chairman of the Board 
designates the meeting as an emergency 
special meeting. 
‘‘(iii) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMA-
TION.—The Board shall publish on the 
website of the Board any information re-
quired to be disclosed or made available to 
the public, or publicly certified, under sec-
tion 552b of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(iv) EXEMPTIONS.—For purposes of 
applying section 552b of title 5, United 
States Code, to any portion of a meeting of 
the Board, and to any information per-
taining to such portion of a meeting, the 
Board may make a determination in ac-
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cordance with such section not to disclose to 
the public under such section the following 
information: 
‘‘(I) Information containing or re-
lating to power availability requests. 
‘‘(II) Information containing or 
relating to contract negotiations, in-
cluding labor relations and procure-
ment actions, the disclosure of which 
would imperil or compromise the com-
petitive position of the Corporation.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 109 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1373 
[Report No. 119–140] 
A BILL 
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority to be transparent and open to the pub-
lic, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 5, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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