# 119-hr-1373: Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025

119-hr-1373, Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-10).

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- As of: 2026-09-10
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1373
- Congress: 119
- Title: Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-02-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This bill extends federal open-meeting and public-disclosure standards to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), boosting public transparency of board deliberations while allowing narrow confidentiality for competitive and power-availability matters.** - Households and local communities: clearer access to TVA decisionmaking through posted meeting notices and required public disclosures on the TVA website. The Board must hold at least four meetings a year. - TVA leadership and oversight groups: must adopt an open-meeting regime that defines "meetings" to include all board, committee, and subcommittee deliberations, even those not scheduled to take action. - Businesses, contractors, and labor negotiators: the Board may withhold power-availability requests and sensitive contract or procurement details when disclosure would harm TVA's competitive position. *In practice the measure increases public access to TVA deliberations while preserving narrowly defined confidentiality for sensitive commercial and power-availability information.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More notice for TVA meetings, some secrecy: mixed, medium. If enacted, the TVA Board would have to meet at least four times a year. It would need to post meeting notices and required materials on its website. The chair could call an emergency meeting without the usual one-week public notice. The bill would define a meeting to include Board, committee, and…

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- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1373 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1373)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hres-23: Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-23)
- [119-hr-2036: Credit for Caring Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2036)
- [119-hr-3946: FIGHT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3946)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1373 (as of 2026-09-10).