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Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2023

H.R. 404 · 118th Congress · Jan 20, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2023”.

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—The Board shall, with respect to any meeting of the Board, a committee of the Board, or a subcommittee of the Board for which a vote is not scheduled—

“(i) hold such meeting in public;

“(ii) provide public notice of no fewer than 6 calendar days, through the website of the Board, of any such meeting; and

“(iii) make publicly available the minutes and summaries of any such meeting.

“(C) Emergency meetings—Subparagraph (B)(ii) shall not apply if the chairman of the Board designates a meeting as an emergency special meeting.”