House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025
Official title: To require certain meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority to be transparent and open to the public, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Burchett R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2025
- Committee actionApr 2, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1373.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 5, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/140
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1373, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1373
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 31, February 14, 2025, Page H715):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1373, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1373
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Burchett.
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- H.R. 2247 (119th) Airmen Certificate Accessibility Act
- H.R. 8096 (119th) Duplication Scoring Act of 2026
- H.R. 7028 (119th) To require the Secretary of State to submit a notification to Congress prior to obligating funds for certain art-related purchases, and…
- H.R. 7605 (119th) African Development Foundation Termination Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.