1HOUSE · JAN 15, 2025
Passed the House
423–0PASSED
R 214–0 D 209–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 14 · 10 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act
Official title: To provide that the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 does not apply to certain reports required to be submitted by the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 15, 2025 · 423–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 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. 144.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Federal salary transparency and reportingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 105 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 144, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/144
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 144. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5427 (119th) Billionaires Income Tax Act
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Related bills
- H.R. 4693 (118th) Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.