Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act

Sponsor: Steve Cohen (Democratic-TN)

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Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Exempts specific Tennessee Valley Authority executive salaries from public access.

This bill would remove public access to the specific salaries of top Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) employees. While the TVA would have to report names, salaries, and duties of its highest-paid managers and board members to Congress, this information would no longer be available through public records requests.

What Would Change

Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submits financial statements that include some employee compensation details, which are generally available to the public. After this bill, the TVA would be required to send Congress a report with names, salaries, and duties of its highest-paid managers and board members. However, this specific salary information would no longer be available to the public through existing transparency laws.

Key Provisions

Requires the Tennessee Valley Authority to report the names, salaries, and duties of its management-level employees, executives, and board members earning at or above the maximum pay for a GS-15 federal employee.
Exempts these specific salary details from public access through public information requests, such as the Freedom of Information Act.