Bill filed to make Tennessee Valley Authority report highest salaries
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee lawmakers are seeking to make the nation's largest public utility provide greater transparency regarding salary information for its highest earners.
The TVA Salary Transparency Act would modernize the Tennessee Valley Authority's annual reporting requirements to Congress. The agency would be required to provide salary information of employees making more than $123,041, the maximum basic pay rate of a General Schedule Grade 15 (GS-15) federal employee.
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The 1995 Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act eliminated a previous requirement in the TVA Act mandating annual salary disclosures to Congress.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty introduced the bill in the Senate. Representatives Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) have filed corresponding legislation in the US House.
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'There's no such thing as too much transparency. If we don't have trust from the people we represent, what do we have? I'm glad TN-09 and TN-02 could reintroduce this bill to provide much-needed transparency to the folks who elected us.'
Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02)
A similar measure passed the House in March of 2024 but was not taken up by the Senate before the 118th Congress adjourned last month.
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