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H.R. 1373

U.S. House•In Senate Committee

Summary

H.R. 1373, the Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 14, 2025 by Rep. Tim Burchett (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Jun 10, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

H.R. 1373 has 2 co-sponsors.

hb1373/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 1373 EH: Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 1373
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025  .
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 deliberations of the members of the Board, a committee 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 result in the joint conduct or disposition of official business of the Corporation, notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of such section.
(ii)
Notice of meetings
(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 requirement 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 information
The Board shall publish on the website of the Board any information required to be disclosed or made available to the public, or publicly certified, under section 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 pertaining to such portion of a meeting, the Board may make a determination in accordance with such section not to disclose to the public under such section the following information:
(I)
Information containing or relating to power availability requests.
(II)
Information containing or relating to contract negotiations, including labor relations and procurement actions, the disclosure of which would imperil or compromise the competitive position of the Corporation.
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    Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-14
  2. Passed House2025-06-09
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 14, 2025

hb1373/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (02/14/2025)

Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025

This bill revises the duties of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors to include holding public meetings at least four times each year. The board must provide public notice at least six days before such a meeting, unless the meeting is designated as an emergency. TVA, a federally owned electric utility corporation, provides low-cost electricity in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It also provides flood control, navigation, and land management for the Tennessee River system.

Sponsors

Rep. Tim Burchett (R) sponsors H.R. 1373, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1373 went before 3 committees: Environment and Public Works, Transportation and Infrastructure and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee.

Environment and Public Works
Environment and Public Works
Referred To · Jun 10, 2025 · 257 Bills
Transportation and Infrastructure
Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported By · Jun 5, 2025 · 156 Bills
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Referred to · Feb 14, 2025 · 85 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1373, the latest H. Rept. 119-140.

Actions

H.R. 1373 has taken 15 actions since Feb 14, 2025, the latest on Jun 10, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jun 10, 2025
Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.Environment and Public Works Committee
Jun 9, 202517:55
House
Mr. Ezell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 9, 202517:55
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2554-2555)
Jun 9, 202517:55
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1373.
Jun 9, 202518:01
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2554)

Votes

H.R. 1373 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1373 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

  • To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1373 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air and Water (quality), Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development, Energy/Nuclear, Fuel/Gas/Oil.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
APPALACHIAN VOICESEnvironmental and economic development nonprofitVirginia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
APPALACHIAN VOICES16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CHELSEA BARNES116
KEVIN ZEDACK116
QUENTON KING116

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
APPALACHIAN VOICESAPPALACHIAN VOICES2026 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
APPALACHIAN VOICESAPPALACHIAN VOICES2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
APPALACHIAN VOICESAPPALACHIAN VOICES2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
APPALACHIAN VOICESAPPALACHIAN VOICES2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
APPALACHIAN VOICESAPPALACHIAN VOICES2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
APPALACHIAN VOICESAPPALACHIAN VOICES2025 first_quarter$20K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1373 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1373’s is Energy.

hr1373/policy-areas.txt
EnergyAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1373 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Government ethics and transparency, public corruption to Tennessee Valley Authority.

hr1373/subjects.txt
Government ethics and transparency, public corruptionTennessee Valley Authority

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1373, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BURCHETT:H.R. 1373.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H715]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com