Bill Summary
The Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2023 requires that certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) be open and available to the public. This means that the TVA must hold at least four meetings per year and make them accessible to the public. They must also provide at least 6 days notice of any meeting through their website and make the minutes and summaries of these meetings available to the public. The only exception is for emergency meetings, which do not have to follow the notice requirement. This Act aims to increase transparency and public involvement in the decisions and actions of the TVA.
Possible Impacts
1. The Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2023 could affect people by making certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority open and transparent to the public. This could allow for greater accountability and awareness of the decisions made by the Authority.
2. The Act could also require the Board to meet at least four times a year, which could affect people by potentially increasing the frequency of public discussions and decisions regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority.
3. The provision for emergency meetings could also affect people by allowing the chairman of the Board to call a meeting without prior public notice. This could potentially limit the public's ability to attend and participate in important discussions and decisions made by the Authority.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 404 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 404
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be
transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 20, 2023
Mr. Burchett (for himself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be
transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
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.''.
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